XML DOM getElementsByTagName() Method
Document Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the value of the first <title> element:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
var x =
xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
var y =
x.childNodes[0];
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML
=
y.nodeValue;
}
The output of the code above will be:
Everyday Italian
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Definition and Usage
The getElementsByTagName() method returns a NodeList of all elements with the specified name.
Syntax
getElementsByTagName(name)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name | A string that specifies the tagname to search for. The value "*" matches all tags |
Document Object
