XML DOM getNamedItem() Method

Definition and Usage

getNamedItem() The method returns a node with a specific name (from namedNodeMap).

Syntax

namedNodeMap.getNamedItem(nodeName)

Parameters

Technical details

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc, loops through the <book> elements, and prints the value of the category attribute:

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

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Example 2

Change the value of the attribute:

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, attlist, att, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
    // Change the attribute value of the category attribute
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { 
        attlist = x.item(i).attributes;
        att = attlist.getNamedItem("category");
        att.value = "BESTSELLER";
    }
    // Output all title and edition
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { 
        txt += x[i].getAttribute("category") + "<br>";
    }
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt; 
}

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Browser Support

All mainstream browsers support getNamedItem() Method.

Note:Internet Explorer 8 and earlier versions do not support this method.