Using JavaScript to parse an XML file

Question

I am new to Stack OverFlow and coding in general. I am trying to take an XML file and render it in the browser using JavaScript. I have looked around at some sample code of

Answer 1

You need to add an onload event listener to the xmlhttprequest before sending the request. Also, you might need to parse the XML with a DOMParser. Anyway, this should work on modern browsers:

Now, just a couple of things worth mentioning about what you're doing:

• xmlhttprequest objects have many different parameters that mean a variety of things: readystate, status code, the works. You might benefit looking a bit more into those.

• document.write should really never be used, ever. In fact, any means of HTML injection should be handled very carefully. You could use a template-based solution common in many MVC-esque frameworks, or mine if you want :)