Load data from xml file - Javascript

Question

so I need to load the data from a xml file and then print it in a console...

For now im only taking the xml directly like this:

var xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><Person><Name></Name></Person>'
var xmlDoc = $.parseXML( xml ); 
var $xml = $(xmlDoc);

But what I would like to do is instead pasting the xml file directly, to paste only the location to it, for example:

var xml = "C:User/xmls/example.xml";

Answer 1

You could use an XMLHttpRequest() to get the file using its url.

var x = new XMLHttpRequest();
x.open("GET", "http://yoururl.com");
x.onreadystatechange = function () {
  if (x.readyState == 4 && x.status == 200)
  {
    var doc = x.responseXML; // Contains your requested document
  }
};
x.send(null);