How to load the html content of a URL to a variable in JavaScript?

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I have a url that contains a XML tree. I want to read that url content, save it to a variable, extract XML tree values, and draw it in a table.

Answer 1

Use an AJAX query, in jQuery:

$.ajax({
  url: url,
  dataType: 'xml',
  success: function(data) {
     // Data is your xml content which you can work with
  }
});