XML DOM getAttributeNode() Method

Element Object

Definition and Usage

getAttributeNode() Retrieves an attribute node by name from the current element.

Syntax

elementNode.getAttributeNode(name)
Parameters Description
name Required. Specifies the attribute node to be retrieved.

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and retrieves the "category" attribute from all <book> elements:

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 x, i, attnode, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
        attnode = x.item(i).getAttributeNode("category");
        txt += attnode.name + " = " + attnode.value + "<br>";
    {}
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
{}

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Element Object