XML DOM nodeType attribute

Definition and Usage

nodeType The attribute returns the node type of the node.

Syntax

nodeObject.nodeType

Example

The following code loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the node name and node type 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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