parse xml response with jQuery

Question

HI all,
I use jQuery to parse my xml responses.

I have this xml :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response status="ok">
  <client_id>185</client_id>
</response>

And i want to get "client_id" value.

Answer 1

First, make a request for the XML with $.get or however you want. Then:

clientID = $(myXML).find("client_id").html();

Answer 2

To fix the expected response data type to XML right in your request, set the dataType parameter to "xml". If you don't, jQuery uses the response headers to make a guess.

It is supported on the $.ajax() function as part of the options object, as well as on $.get() and $.post():

jQuery.ajax( options )
jQuery.get( url, data, callback, type )
jQuery.post( url, data, callback, type )

So you could do this:

$.ajax({
  type: 'GET',
  url: "foo.aspx",
  data: {
    key: "value"
  },
  dataType: "xml",
  success: function(xml){
    var clientid = $(xml).find('client_id').eq(1).text();
    alert(clientid);
  }   
});

Answer 3

Use something like this:

$.ajax({ type: 'GET', url: 'test.xml', dataType: 'xml', success: function(xml){
      $('response', xml).each(function() {alert($(this).find('client_id').text());});   
      }});

Answer 4

the above post really helped me, thank you.

Answer 5

hi, just to complement, i you use $.get:

$.get($('file.xml').val(),{  } , doSomethingWithData);

function doSomethingWithData(data) {

 $(data).find("marker").each(function() {


  var marker = $(this);


  alert(marker.attr("lat"));

 });

here tpicall used request.responseXML is the data in this case, and you have to encapsulate it in $(data) in order to work (this make me break the head about 3 hours ;S)

      //    alert(markerh);

    }

Answer 6

the accepted response doesn't work with IE6