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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.
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>'
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 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.
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.
npm install xmldom
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)
parseFromString(xmlsource,mimeType)
serializeToString(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()
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
readonly attribute:
length
method:
item(index)
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)
Comment : CharacterData
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
attribute:
textContent
method:
isDefaultNamespace(namespaceURI){
lookupNamespaceURI(prefix)
0.1.8
FAQs
A pure JavaScript W3C standard-based (XML DOM Level 2 Core) DOMParser and XMLSerializer module.
The npm package xmldom receives a total of 1,239,799 weekly downloads. As such, xmldom popularity was classified as popular.
We found that xmldom demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 8 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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