JQuery Parsing XML to variable

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I am looking to parse XML data (using this URL: https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/ijudAdhLGmg?v=2) and get the contents of the title element and store it in a variable so I can use it later in my script. I am new to JQuery and I am not sure how to do this.

cant you just add &alt=json to the url?

Shaheer
– Shaheer

2012-01-28 06:22:12 +00:00
Commented Jan 28, 2012 at 6:22 — Shaheer
– Shaheer, Commented Jan 28, 2012 at 6:22

vicker313 · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-28 04:51:12Z

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code below will fetch the xml from the url and get the title

$.ajax({
   url:"https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/ijudAdhLGmg?v=2",
   dataType:"xml",
   crossDomain: true,
   success:function(html){
      var title = $(html).find("title")[0];
   }
});

however the problem you might face is the cross site problem, where modern browser will not allow ajax to call an url that not the same as the host

answered Jan 28, 2012 at 4:51

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SeanCannon · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-28 04:47:14Z

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var xml    = "your xml string here",
    xmlDoc = $.parseXML(xml),
    $xml   = $(xmlDoc),
    $title = $xml.find("title");

answered Jan 28, 2012 at 4:47

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marc_s · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-07 15:44:28Z

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You can check the jQuery online doc.

This one is for jQuery to parse XML: jQuery.parseXML()

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answered Jan 28, 2012 at 4:43

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Rafay · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-28 04:55:58Z

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you can use .psrseXML for the parsing

$.ajax({
    url:'https://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/videos/ijudAdhLGmg?v=2',
    type:'GET',
    dataType:'jsonp',
    success:function(data){
    //console.log(data);
        var xml    = data,
        xmlDoc = $.parseXML(xml),
        $xml   = $(xmlDoc),
        $mediaDes = $xml.find("media\\:description").text();
        console.log($mediaDes );
    }
});

the data in the success callback contains the xml

DEMO

edited Jan 28, 2012 at 4:55

answered Jan 28, 2012 at 4:50

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Rafay Over a year ago

@user1126921 you will have to parse the xml and append the wanted values using append or appendTo functions you can search them

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