XML DOM documentElement attribute
Definition and Usage
documentElement
Attribute returns the root node of the document.
Syntax
documentObject.documentElement
Example
Below is the code that loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the location of the XML document:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) { myFunction(this); } }; xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true); xhttp.send(); function myFunction(xml) { var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML; var x = xmlDoc.documentElement; document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "Nodename: " + x.nodeName + "<br>" "Nodevalue: " + x.nodeValue + "<br>" "Nodetype: " + x.nodeType; }