xmldom

What is xmldom?

The xmldom npm package is a pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module. It allows users to parse XML data into a DOM tree structure and serialize DOM trees back into XML. This package is particularly useful for server-side applications where DOM manipulation is needed without a browser environment.

What are xmldom's main functionalities?

Parsing XML to DOM

This feature allows you to parse a string of XML into a DOM tree, enabling programmatic access and manipulation of the structure and content.

const { DOMParser } = require('xmldom');
const xmlString = '<root>Hello World</root>';
const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(xmlString, 'text/xml');
console.log(doc.documentElement.nodeName); // 'root'

Serializing DOM to XML

This feature enables you to take a DOM tree and serialize it back into a string of XML, useful for outputting modified XML data.

const { XMLSerializer } = require('xmldom');
const doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString('<root>Hello World</root>', 'text/xml');
const xmlString = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(doc);
console.log(xmlString); // '<root>Hello World</root>'

Other packages similar to xmldom

libxmljs

libxmljs is a native library for parsing and manipulating XML. It offers faster performance due to its native implementation but requires compilation, which can be a downside compared to the pure JavaScript implementation of xmldom.

cheerio

cheerio is primarily used for web scraping and server-side manipulation of HTML. While it can handle XML and offers a jQuery-like syntax for manipulation, it's more tailored towards HTML content. Compared to xmldom, cheerio might be more user-friendly for those familiar with jQuery but less strict in terms of XML standards compliance.

README

Introduction

Another xml parser for nodejs/browser/rhino for java. Fully compatible with W3C DOM level2; and some compatible with level3. support DOMParser and XMLSerializer interface such as in browser.

Install:

npm install xmldom

Example:

var DOMParser = require('xmldom').DOMParser;
var doc = new DOMParser().parseFromString(
    '<xml xmlns="a" xmlns:c="./lite">\n'+
        '\t<child>test</child>\n'+
        '\t<child></child>\n'+
        '\t<child/>\n'+
    '</xml>'
    ,'text/xml');
doc.documentElement.setAttribute('x','y');
doc.documentElement.setAttributeNS('./lite','c:x','y2');
var nsAttr = doc.documentElement.getAttributeNS('./lite','x')
console.info(nsAttr)
console.info(doc)

API Reference

• DOMParser:

   parseFromString(xmlsource,mimeType)
  

• XMLSerializer

   serializeToString(node)
  

DOM level2 method and attribute:

• Node

   attribute:
   	nodeValue|prefix
   readonly attribute:
   	nodeName|nodeType|parentNode|childNodes|firstChild|lastChild|previousSibling|nextSibling|attributes|ownerDocument|namespaceURI|localName
   method:	
   	insertBefore(newChild, refChild)
   	replaceChild(newChild, oldChild)
   	removeChild(oldChild)
   	appendChild(newChild)
   	hasChildNodes()
   	cloneNode(deep)
   	normalize()
   	isSupported(feature, version)
   	hasAttributes()
  

• DOMImplementation

   method:
   	hasFeature(feature, version)
   	createDocumentType(qualifiedName, publicId, systemId)
   	createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, doctype)
  

• Document : Node

   readonly attribute:
   	doctype|implementation|documentElement
   method:
   	createElement(tagName)
   	createDocumentFragment()
   	createTextNode(data)
   	createComment(data)
   	createCDATASection(data)
   	createProcessingInstruction(target, data)
   	createAttribute(name)
   	createEntityReference(name)
   	getElementsByTagName(tagname)
   	importNode(importedNode, deep)
   	createElementNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
   	createAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
   	getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	getElementById(elementId)
  

• DocumentFragment : Node

• Element : Node

   readonly attribute:
   	tagName
   method:
   	getAttribute(name)
   	setAttribute(name, value)
   	removeAttribute(name)
   	getAttributeNode(name)
   	setAttributeNode(newAttr)
   	removeAttributeNode(oldAttr)
   	getElementsByTagName(name)
   	getAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	setAttributeNS(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, value)
   	removeAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	getAttributeNodeNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	setAttributeNodeNS(newAttr)
   	getElementsByTagNameNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	hasAttribute(name)
   	hasAttributeNS(namespaceURI, localName)
  

• Attr : Node

   attribute:
   	value
   readonly attribute:
   	name|specified|ownerElement
  

• NodeList

   readonly attribute:
   	length
   method:
   	item(index)
  

• NamedNodeMap

   readonly attribute:
   	length
   method:
   	getNamedItem(name)
   	setNamedItem(arg)
   	removeNamedItem(name)
   	item(index)
   	getNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   	setNamedItemNS(arg)
   	removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI, localName)
   
  

• CharacterData : Node

   method:
   	substringData(offset, count)
   	appendData(arg)
   	insertData(offset, arg)
   	deleteData(offset, count)
   	replaceData(offset, count, arg)
   
  

• Text : CharacterData

   method:
   	splitText(offset)
   	
  

• CDATASection

• Comment : CharacterData

• DocumentType

   readonly attribute:
   	name|entities|notations|publicId|systemId|internalSubset
   	
  

• Notation : Node

   readonly attribute:
   	publicId|systemId
   	
  

• Entity : Node

   readonly attribute:
   	publicId|systemId|notationName
   	
  

• EntityReference : Node

• ProcessingInstruction : Node

   attribute:
   	data
   readonly attribute:
   	target
   
  

DOM level 3 support:

• Node

   attribute:
   	textContent
   method:
   	isDefaultNamespace(namespaceURI){
   	lookupNamespaceURI(prefix)