parse xml data by traversing through each node in javascript

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I am trying to parse the below xml data by traversing through each node.

<example>
<name>BlueWhale</name>
<addr>101 Yesler Way, Suite 402</addr>
<city>Seattle</city>
<state>Washington</state>
</example>

Now I want to access each node without doing getElementsByTagName and print each NodeName & NodeValue in javascript, with the help of things like, rootElement,firstchild,nextSibling which i am not sure of.

I am trying the following manner

var txt = " <example>  <name>BlueWhale</name> <addr>101 Yesler Way, Suite 402</addr>  <city>Seattle</city>  <state>Washington</state>  </example> "
var domParser = new DOMParser();
xml = domParser.parseFromString(txt, "text/xml");
var el =xml.documentElement.nodeName;
console.log(el);

and print each var. Could anyone please help.

Would you consider using library that would do parsing for you? — Matas Vaitkevicius
– Matas Vaitkevicius, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 10:59
See related question stackoverflow.com/questions/17604071/parse-xml-using-javascript. — Mihai8
– Mihai8, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 11:01
Thank you for the responses, however 1) I don prefer using jQuery 2) I do not prefer doing it by getElementsByTagName, as while implementing it, xml data received is dynamic hence i wish to access each of it by position and not by tag name. — swati
– swati, Commented Jun 13, 2014 at 11:09

Stefano Ortisi · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 11:03:52Z

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if you xml is stored inside a string variable you can use jQuery.

var xml = "<example>...";

$(xml).children().each(function() {
    var tagName = this.tagName;
    var text = this.innerHtml
});

answered Jun 13, 2014 at 11:03

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Matas Vaitkevicius · Accepted Answer · 2014-06-13 11:02:26Z

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You should consider using library that does that for you rather than doing it by hand. One of commonly used one's you can find here.

answered Jun 13, 2014 at 11:02

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