May 20 2012
Are you getting errors when loading XML with Internet Explorer? Ever wanted to place a piece of XML in an HTML page and load it up with a GET request? Having trouble with the mime type of XML documents?
Since IE’s problem is its xml parser chokes on xml files that are not passed down using the correct “text/xml” header.. This jQuery plugin will get you up and running quickly.
PLugin code
(function ($){
$.fn.getXML = function (url, callback) {
$.ajax({
type: "GET",
url: url,
dataType: "xml",
success: function(xmlDoc, status){
callback(xmlDoc);
},
complete: function(xhr, status){
if(status == 'parsererror'){
xmlDoc = null;
if(window.DOMParser){
parser = new DOMParser();
xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(xhr.responseText, "text/xml");
} else { // Internet Explorer
xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
xmlDoc.async = "false";
xmlDoc.loadXML(xhr.responseText);
}
callback(xmlDoc);
}
},
error: function(xhr, status, error){
console.log(status, error);
}
});
};
})(jQuery);
Usage
You can both use inline function or an external function to parse the results of the ajax request.
$(function(){
//inline function
$.getXML('test.xml', function(data){
alert(data);
});
//external function
$.getXML('test.xml', parseXML);
function parseXML(data){
alert(data);
}
});
That’s it!
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