Javascript Data Type How to - Create DOM parser to parse XML

Question

We would like to know how to create DOM parser to parse XML.

Answer


<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var parser = new DOMParser(),
    str = "<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title>Test</title></head><body><div id='div1'>asdf</div></body></html>",
    doc = parser.parseFromString(str, "application/xml");
console.log(doc.getElementById("div1").textContent);
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</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

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