I am trying to parse XML feeds from YouTube using jQuery (by doing $(xml).find(...)), but jQuery is having really hard time with those. YouTube feeds are real mess – they have bunch of namespace tags, escaped html tags with inline styles and what not.
Are there any more powerful javascript XML parsers out there (preferably jQuery-compatible) that can chew such mess?
Instead of XML parsing pain, check out the JSON response format the API offers.
You can check out the YouTube JSON API Documentation here.