parse restful webservice xml response with javascript

Question

I want to parse the following xml which is the response from an restful webservice:

<ns2:list xmlns="urn:foo1:foo" xmlns:ns2="foo2:foo">

   <entityData>
      <namedAttributes>...</namedAttributes>
      <dynamicEnums>...</dynamicEnums>
   </entityData>

   <ns2:employees>
      <ns2:user id="test">
          <ns2:name genderTitle="0" firstName="Rock" surName="Solid"></ns2:name>
      </ns2:user >
   </ns2:employees>
</ns2:list>

If I try a xpath-expression I only get [object Object] as alert:

function parse(xml){
   var test= $(this).find('/ns2:list/ns2:employees/ns2:user[85]/ns2:name');
   alert(test);
};

Adding .text()-method like: var test= $(this).find('/ns2:list/ns2:employees/ns2:user[85]/ns2:name').text(); only makes the alert empty...

The xpath expression should not be wrong, I used Firebug to get the expression, maybe in this example some typing error.

Anyone knows whats wrong? Or the other way round: how to alert fields like firstName?

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– Abdul Waheed, Commented Feb 15, 2019 at 17:30

Ben · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-01 13:27:38Z

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Doesnt /list/employees/user[@id='test']/name/@firstName work?

answered Sep 1, 2011 at 13:27

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Bas Slagter · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-01 13:28:17Z

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You probably need to add the namespace in your query for the name.

So you need something like:

/*[local-name()='list' and namespace-uri()='urn:foo1:foo']

edited Sep 1, 2011 at 13:28

answered Sep 1, 2011 at 13:21

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dotchuZ Over a year ago

what do you mean? instead of ns2:...?

Bas Slagter Over a year ago

Edited...maybe also googling for xpath and namespaces might help you out even more.

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:55:45Z

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you may need to look at .parseXML to parse the xml also here is a good SO answer to parse xml with namespaces jQuery XML parsing with namespaces

here is a good link too Namespace Selectors for jQuery

solution

    xmlDoc = $.parseXML(xml),
    $xml = $(xmlDoc),
    $name = $xml.find( "ns2\\:name" ).attr("surName");

   alert($name);

here id the fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/Jbnev/

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:55

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answered Sep 1, 2011 at 13:28

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Rafay Over a year ago

@Vicky you must post a new question containing the necessary information

user9371102 Over a year ago

@3nigma, just that jsfiddle link returns undefined. It needs to be used as a reference for future, edit that or try to remove that fiddle link.

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