XML DOM data Attribute

CDATASection Object

Definition and Usage

data The attribute returns the data of the selected node.

Syntax

CDATA Node data

Example

The following code loads "books_cdata.xml" into xmlDoc and retrieves data from all <html> elements:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books_cdata.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
    var x, i, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("html");
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
        txt += x[i].childNodes[0].data + "<br>";
    }
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}

Try It Yourself

CDATASection Object