Question

I am looking for a good JavaScript library for parsing XML data. It should be much easier to use than the built-in XML DOM parsers bundled with the browsers.

I got spoiled a bit working with JSON and am looking forward to something on similar lines for XML.

Answer 1

I use jQuery for this. Here is a good example:

(EDIT: Note – the following blog seems to have gone away.)

http://blog.reindel.com/2007/09/24/jquery-and-xml-revisited/

There are also lots and lots of good examples in the jQuery documentation:

http://www.webmonkey.com/tutorial/Easy_XML_Consumption_using_jQuery?oldid=20032

EDIT: Due to the blog for my primary example going away, I wanted to add another example that shows the basics and helps with namespace issues:

http://www.zachleat.com/web/selecting-xml-with-javascript/