jQuery.ajax parse XML

Question

I'm trying to get the contents of an xml file using jQuery's ajax function.


$(document).ready(function(){
        $.ajax({
              url: 'facts.xml',
              dataType: 'xml',
              success: parseXML
        });
        function parseXML(xml){
              alert(xml.toSource());
              //...
        }
}

facts.xml is simple:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<axiom>
  <sentence>
      <part>something</part>
  </sentence>
</axiom>

When I run it in firefox, alert gives me "({})". I've been trying to identify where I was doing wrong, but I couldn't figure it out. Can anyone give me some help?

Thanks a lot!

Matti Virkkunen · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-13 04:23:35Z

4

toSource is supposed to give you the equivalent of the JavaScript source for the object in question, but it can't and doesn't work for just any object. Try asking the DOM object for something else, such as .documentElement.tagName instead.

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 4:23

Matti Virkkunen

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Eagle Over a year ago

Thanks for the quick response! I tried something like $(xml).find('part').text() then and it works fine ;)

wilbbe01 · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-13 05:10:44Z

3

I think you might want something like this.

$(document).ready(function(){
    $.ajax({
        url: 'facts.xml',
        dataType: 'xml',
        success: function(responseXML) {
            alert($(responseXML).text());
        }
    });
}

edited Mar 13, 2011 at 5:10

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 4:25

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2 Comments

Eagle Over a year ago

I think alert(responseXML) just gives "[object XMLDocument]", but doesn't really show the contents of the xml file.

Eagle Over a year ago

.html() doesn't work with XML, see api.jquery.com/html, .text() would be fine, though.

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