<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
// Check if the first node is an element node
function get_firstchild(n) {
var x = n.firstChild;
while (x.nodeType != 1) {
x = x.nextSibling;
}
return x;
}
function myFunction(xml) {
var x, i, txt, xmlDoc, firstNode, xmlDoc;
xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
x = xmlDoc.documentElement;
txt = "";
firstNode = get_firstchild(x);
for (i = 0; i < firstNode.childNodes.length; i++) {
if (firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeType == 1) {
//Process only element nodes
txt += firstNode.childNodes[i].nodeName +
" = " +
firstNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "<br>";
}
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>