XML DOM textContent Property
Node Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and returns the textual content of the <book> elements:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var x, i, xmlDoc, txt;
xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
txt = "";
x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
for(i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
txt += x.item(i).textContent + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var x, i, xmlDoc, txt;
xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
txt = "";
x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
for(i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
txt += x.item(i).textContent + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
The output of the code above will be:
Everyday Italian Giada De Laurentiis 2005 30.00
Harry Potter J K. Rowling 2005 29.99
XQuery Kick Start James McGovern Per Bothner Kurt Cagle James Linn
Vaidyanathan Nagarajan 2003 49.99
Learning XML Erik T. Ray 2003 39.95
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Harry Potter J K. Rowling 2005 29.99
XQuery Kick Start James McGovern Per Bothner Kurt Cagle James Linn
Vaidyanathan Nagarajan 2003 49.99
Learning XML Erik T. Ray 2003 39.95
Definition and Usage
The textContent property sets or returns the textual content of a node and its descendants.
On setting, any child nodes are removed and replaced by a single Text node containing the string this property is set to.
Syntax
nodeObject.textContent
Try-It-Yourself Demos
textContent - Set the textual content of a node
Node Object