Parse XML with javascript from url

Question

Helo, I'm a beginner in javascript,

For a project, I need to parse an XML File with JS, I'm using Jquery.

How can I open xml by its url please?

var xml = "Fichier.xml",
xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
$xml = $( xmlDoc ),

I have an error at this line xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ), : Invalid XML : test.xml (error 0)

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '14 at 09:33

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$.parseXML() expects a valid xml content as its argument, in your case you have a url which is not a valid xml thus your are getting the error.

What you can do is to use a ajax request to load the remote content and in its success callback you can do your processing

var xml = "Fichier.xml";
$.get(xml, function (doc) {
    var $xml = $(doc);
    //do stuff with $xml
}, 'xml');

answered Oct 28 '14 at 09:33

Arun P Johny

$title = $xml.find( "title" ); It says that $xml doesn't exist I don't understand – ItMoreSimplePlease Oct 28 '14 at 09:46
@ItMoreSimplePlease where did you place the code.. did you place it next after `var $xml = $(doc);` or after `}, 'xml');` – Arun P Johny Oct 28 '14 at 09:48
I placed it after, now I placed it before and it's working thank you a lot – ItMoreSimplePlease Oct 28 '14 at 09:56
@ItMoreSimplePlease go through http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14220321/how-to-return-the-response-from-an-ajax-call to see why it is – Arun P Johny Oct 28 '14 at 09:57

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