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Reading XML into a javascript array

         

catch2948

2:44 am on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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A site of mine was recently accepted by ah-ha as a distribution partner. However, ah-ha only offers a straight XML result feed. I have been using a simeple javascript to return results from another provider ...

My question is: What is the simplest way to retrieve XML data, and read it into a javascript array? XML fields that will be retrieved are: REDIRECT_URL, TITLE, and DESCRIPTION.

As always, thanks in advance for your replies

korkus2000

6:51 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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AFAIK, You cannot parse files using client side javascript. Are you using server-side javascript? How are you doing it with the other provider?

drbrain

7:03 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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You can in mozilla, likely similar features exist in IE.

var parser = new DOMParser();

var doc = parser.parseFromString("xml goes here", "text/xml");

doc is a DOM Document object.

korkus2000

7:08 pm on Sep 11, 2003 (gmt 0)

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I stand corrected.
[webreference.com...]

Thanks drbrain!