Trying to use the DOMParser with node js

Question

Trying to use the DOMParser with node js

I am running into issues when trying to use the DOMParser in my js code. In my code, I retrieve an xml file via xmlhttp.responseText soap response. I want to be able to access its elements in JSON format, so my code looks like:

var xml = new DOMParser();
xml = xml.parseFromString(xmlhttp.responseText, 'text/xml');
var result = xmlToJson(xml);

I get this error message: ReferenceError: DOMParser is not defined

Edit: This link hasn't worked for me because my javascript isn't in the HTML page, as it is a node.js file. JavaScript DOMParser access innerHTML and other properties

javascript
xml
node.js

Answer 1

There is no DOMParser in node.js, that's a browser thing. You can try any of these modules though:

https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/modules#wiki-parsers-xml

Answer 2

var DOMParser = require('xmldom').DOMParser;
var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(
    '<xml xmlns="a" xmlns:c="./lite">\n'+
        '\t<child>test</child>\n'+
        '\t<child></child>\n'+
        '\t<child/>\n'+
    '</xml>'
    ,'text/xml');