How to use jQuery for XML parsing with namespaces

Question

I\'m new to jQuery and would like to parse an XML document.

I\'m able to parse regular XML with the default namespaces but with XML such as:

Answer 1

Found solution in the comment: Parsing XML with namespaces using jQuery $().find

Using the second half of node name after the colon worked for me. Used .find("lat") instead of .find("geo\:lat") and it worked for me.

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My setup:

• Chrome 42
• jQuery 2.1.3

Sample XML (snippet from Google Contacts API):

  http://www.google.com/m8/feeds/contacts/mstefanow%40gmail.com/base/0
  

Parsing code:

var xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml );
var $xml = $( xmlDoc );
var $emailNode = $xml.find( "email" );
$("#email").html($emailNode.attr("address"));

Plnkr: http://plnkr.co/edit/l8VzyDq1NHtn5qC9zTjf?p=preview