XML DOM nodeName Property

Node Object

Definition and Usage

nodeName The 'nodeName' property returns the name of the node, based on its type.

Grammar

nodeObject.nodeName

Instance

Example 1

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the nodeName and nodeType of the root node:

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 =
    "Nodename: " + xmlDoc.nodeName +
    " (nodetype: " + xmlDoc.nodeType + ")"
}

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Example 2

Display the nodeName and nodeValue of all elements

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, y, i, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.documentElement;
    y = xmlDoc.documentElement.childNodes;
    for(i = 0; i < y.length; i++) {
        if (y[i].nodeType != 3) {
            txt += "Nodename: " + y[i].nodeName +
            " (value: " + y[i].childNodes[0].nodeValue + ")<br>"
        }
        for(z = 0; z < y[i].childNodes.length; z++) {
            if (y[i].childNodes[z].nodeType != 3) {
                txt += "Nodename: " + y[i].childNodes[z].nodeName +
                " (value: " + y[i].childNodes[z].childNodes[0].nodeValue + ")<br>"
            }
        }
    }
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = 
    "Nodename: " + xmlDoc.nodeName +
    " (value: " + xmlDoc.childNodes[0].nodeValue + ")<br>" +
    "Nodename: " + x.nodeName + 
    " (value: " + x.childNodes[0].nodeValue + ")<br>"
    txt;
}

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Node Object