Using JQuery to parse XML

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I'm trying to use JQuery to parse XML that way I can post content from an RSS Feed to my site. However, I'm stuck.I'm not sure how to load a XML file with JQuery. I've created an example at the link below. Thanks

http://jsfiddle.net/deadendstreet/DytGM/1/

var xml;
$.get("http://straight2jackie.blogspot.com//feeds/posts/default?alt=rss", function(data) {
    xml = data;
});,
    xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
    $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
    $title = $xml.find( "title" );

/* append "RSS Title" to #someElement */
$( "#someElement" ).append( $title.text() );

/* change the title to "XML Title" */
$title.text( "XML Title" );

/* append "XML Title" to #anotherElement */
$( "#anotherElement" ).append( $title.text() );

can you post a example of your xml ?

Francois Borgies
– Francois Borgies

2013-03-29 15:08:13 +00:00
Commented Mar 29, 2013 at 15:08 — Francois Borgies
– Francois Borgies, Commented Mar 29, 2013 at 15:08

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:13:00Z

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If you call $.get with the dataType parameter (i.e. dataType:'xml') you automatically have xml parsing.

By the way, I think here you're facing another problem: you can't load ajax resources from external (sub)domains: check here.

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:13

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answered Mar 29, 2013 at 14:59

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Francois Borgies · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-29 14:58:30Z

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You can try the jQuery.parseXML() and a code something like :

<script>
    var xml = "<rss version='2.0'><channel><title>RSS Title</title></channel></rss>",
    xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ),
    $xml = $( xmlDoc ),
    $title = $xml.find( "title" );
    /* append "RSS Title" to #someElement */
    $( "#someElement" ).append( $title.text() );
    /* change the title to "XML Title" */
    $title.text( "XML Title" );
    /* append "XML Title" to #anotherElement */
    $( "#anotherElement" ).append( $title.text() );
</script>

answered Mar 29, 2013 at 14:58

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deadendstreet Over a year ago

Thanks actually what I started with. I just don't understand how to update the var xml to link to an actual file. In that example, the xml is part of the document. Is it possible to link to a file, say in a folder on my server?

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