XMLDOM

A JavaScript implementation of W3C DOM for Node.js, Rhino and the browser. Fully compatible with W3C DOM level2; and some compatible with level3. Supports DOMParser and XMLSerializer interface such as in browser.

Original project location: https://github.com/jindw/xmldom

Install:

npm install xmldom

Example:

const { DOMParser } = require('xmldom')

const 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')
console.info(doc)

const nsAttr = doc.documentElement.getAttributeNS('./lite', 'x')
console.info(nsAttr)

Note: in Typescript and ES6 you can use the import approach, as follows:

import { DOMParser } from 'xmldom'

API Reference

• DOMParser:

  parseFromString(xmlsource,mimeType)
  

  • options extension by xmldom(not BOM standard!!)

  //added the options argument
  new DOMParser(options)
  
  //errorHandler is supported
  new DOMParser({
      /**
       * locator is always need for error position info
       */
      locator:{},
      /**
       * you can override the errorHandler for xml parser
       * @link http://www.saxproject.org/apidoc/org/xml/sax/ErrorHandler.html
       */
      errorHandler:{warning:function(w){console.warn(w)},error:callback,fatalError:callback}
      //only callback model
      //errorHandler:function(level,msg){console.log(level,msg)}
  })
      
  

• 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()
  

• DOMException The DOMException class has the following constants (and value of type Number):

  1. DOMException.INDEX_SIZE_ERR (1)
  2. DOMException.DOMSTRING_SIZE_ERR (2)
  3. DOMException.HIERARCHY_REQUEST_ERR (3)
  4. DOMException.WRONG_DOCUMENT_ERR (4)
  5. DOMException.INVALID_CHARACTER_ERR (5)
  6. DOMException.NO_DATA_ALLOWED_ERR (6)
  7. DOMException.NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR (7)
  8. DOMException.NOT_FOUND_ERR (8)
  9. DOMException.NOT_SUPPORTED_ERR (9)
  10. DOMException.INUSE_ATTRIBUTE_ERR (10)
  11. DOMException.INVALID_STATE_ERR (11)
  12. DOMException.SYNTAX_ERR (12)
  13. DOMException.INVALID_MODIFICATION_ERR (13)
  14. DOMException.NAMESPACE_ERR (14)
  15. DOMException.INVALID_ACCESS_ERR (15)

  The DOMException object has the following properties: code This property is of type Number.

  • extends the Error type thrown as part of DOM API:

• 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)
  

DOM extension by xmldom

• [Node] Source position extension;

    attribute:
        //Numbered starting from '1'
        lineNumber
        //Numbered starting from '1'
        columnNumber