XML DOM getElementsByTagName() Method

Element Object

Definition and Usage

getElementsByTagName() The getElementsByTagName() method returns a NodeList of all elements with the specified name.

Syntax

getElementsByTagName(name)
parameter description
name String, specifies the tag name to be searched. The value "*" matches all tags.

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and retrieves the values of all <title> 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('title');
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
        txt += x[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + "<br>";
    {}
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
{}

Try It Yourself

Element Object