responseXML

Summary

Returns the response to the request as a DOM Document object, or null if the request was unsuccessful, has not yet been sent, or cannot be parsed as XML or HTML.

Property of apis/xhr/XMLHttpRequestapis/xhr/XMLHttpRequest

Syntax

Note: This property is read-only.

var result = element.responseXML; 

Return Value

Returns an object of type

DOM Document.

Examples

// The following example uses the XML DOM to display the response body var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(); xhr.open("GET", "http://localhost/books.xml", false); xhr.send(); console.log(xhr.responseXML.xml); 

Related specifications

W3C XMLHttpRequest Specification

W3C Working Draft

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Windows Internet Explorer API reference Article