XML DOM removeAttributeNS() Method

Element Object

Definition and Usage

removeAttributeNS() Method to remove an attribute specified by namespace and name.

Syntax

elementNode.removeAttributeNS(ns,name)
Parameters Description
ns Required. Specifies the namespace of the attribute to be removed.
name Required. Specifies the name of the attribute to be removed.

Example

The following code loads "books_ns.xml" into xmlDoc and removes the "lang" attribute from the first <title> element:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   {}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books_ns.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    var x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("title")[0];
    var ns = "https://www.codew3c.com/meishi/";
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    "Attribute Found: " + x.hasAttributeNS(ns, "lang");
    x.removeAttributeNS(ns, "lang");
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML +=
    "<br>Attribute Found: " + x.hasAttributeNS(ns, "lang");
{}

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Element Object