XML DOM textContent Property

Attr Object

Definition and Usage

textContent Sets or returns the text content of an attribute.

Syntax

attrObject.textContent

Instance

Example 1

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and returns the text content 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, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
        txt += x.item(i).attributes[0].textContent + "<br>";
    {}
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
{}

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Example 2

Set the text content 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, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { 
        x.item(i).attributes[0].textContent = "TOO_OLD";
    {}
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) { 
        txt += x.item(i).attributes[0].textContent + "<br>";
    {}
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt; 
{}

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Attr Object