Loading an XML locally into JavaScript without having a web server available?

Question

I've made an script for processing XML: Extracts parts of the XML-data and displays them on a HTML-/CSS-page.

Currently I use the stringified content of some arbitrary file for doing my development. Written as a string-literal into my JavaScript.

Works great. But now comes the problem:

Of course I would like to load whatever (equal-structured) XML-files. Instead of having it in my code as a string-literal.

Normally I would load the files into my script via Ajax. But I can't install a web-server on these computer.

I'm within an enterprise and it isn't possible to install any additional software. Restricted via group-policies etc. No chance. Forget it!

As far as I know it isn't possible to use Ajax without a web-server because Ajax communicates via the http-protocol.

So here's my questions:

I there (perhaps) a possibility to use Ajax without a web-server?

And in case of impossible: Have I got any Ajax-alternatives to load XML-data into my script?

If you can use google chrome you can use --allow-file-access-from-files flag to allow ajax when accessing pages from file:// protocol — jcubic
– jcubic, Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 11:12
@jcubic Thanks for your answer. I really appreciate it. But got only the pre-installed Internet Explorer. And everything else one doesn't get here. — cluster1
– cluster1, Commented Jun 24, 2016 at 11:16

jcubic · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-24 11:29:12Z

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You can embed your xml inside script tag in your html like this:

console.log(document.getElementById('file').innerHTML)

<script type="text/xml" id="file">
<root><foo><bar></bar></foo></root>
</script>

answered Jun 24, 2016 at 11:29

jcubic

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