Question

How can I call an http: get/ajax from jquery and parse returns tokens?

http://localhost/getstuff?id=2  // end point is from asp.net mvc4 web api 

Output:

<StuffList>    
   <Stuff id="2" stuff="thestuff"/>
</StuffList>

Answer 1

You could use the $.ajax method. So assuming that the server correctly set the response Content-Type header to text/xml and sent the XML you have shown in your question, jQuery will automatically build an XML document that you could manipulate:

$.ajax({
    url: '/api/values',
    type: 'GET',
    success: function (result) {
        // result is the XML, you could do any selectors on it
        // for example var stuff = $('Stuff[id=2]', result);

        var stuff = $('Stuff', result);
        var id = stuff.attr('id');
        var someStuff = stuff.attr('stuff');

        alert(id);
        alert(someStuff);
    }
});