Jquery xml parse question

Question

I have an xml which contains reference to internal vocabulary

How can I use jquery to resolve this reference and parse successfully..

XML

<something>
<element reference="../../../../test"/>
</something>

Any ideas would be much appreciated..

Is your XML a string readily available or is it returned via AJAX? — mway
– mway, Commented Mar 16, 2011 at 22:23

mattsven · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-16 22:23:07Z

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Using the latest version of jQuery (1.5.1), yes.

var XML = '<something><element reference="../../../../test"/></something>';
var xmlDoc = $( $.parseXML(XML) );

//Alerts out "../../../../test"
alert( xmlDoc.find("element").attr("reference") );

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/nKAGP/

answered Mar 16, 2011 at 22:23

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ChrisJ · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-16 22:30:07Z

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You need:

to download the referenced document,
to parse this document.

You may perform an AJAX request with jQuery, which will do both steps:

$.ajax({
  type: "GET",
  url: "URL of the document (possibly relative)",
  dataType: "xml",
  success: function(xml) {
    $(xml). ...  // now you may use jQuery functions to explore the document
  }
}

EDIT: The URL document may be retrieved from your first XML document using motionman95's answer. Then you pass it to the above and you get the referenced XML document.

edited Mar 16, 2011 at 22:30

answered Mar 16, 2011 at 22:24

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