XML DOM inputEncoding Attribute

Document Object

Definition and Usage

inputEncoding The attribute returns the encoding used for the document (at parsing time).

Syntax

documentObject.inputEncoding

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc, and displays the document's XML encoding, standalone attribute, and XML version:

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 xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    "XML encoding: " + xmlDoc.xmlEncoding +
    "<br>XML standalone: " + xmlDoc.xmlStandalone +
    "<br>XML version: " + xmlDoc.xmlVersion +
    "<br>Encoding used when parsing: " + xmlDoc.inputEncoding;
{}

Try It Yourself

Document Object