Parsing XML from a fetch

[Tyler_Campbell]

I’m fetching XML data text() but am running into a dead end when trying to find a way to parse the data. I tried using domparser and a few different functions I found on StackOverflow but most seem to require a non-native library. Does anyone have any suggestions on either how to parse XML in vanilla javascript or how to convert XML into JSON?

For reference when using

let parser = new DOMParser();

I get “ReferenceError: DOMParser is not defined”

[openside]

maybe try a simple function like this:

gist.github.com

https://gist.github.com/petersirka/9e79b1d43cf6e579fc62

JavaScript - Simple XML parser

/**
 * Simple XML parser
 * @param {String} xml
 * @return {Object}
 */
function parseXML(xml) {

    var beg = -1;
    var end = 0;
    var tmp = 0;

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[Tyler_Campbell]

That worked for me once I realized it was parsing it into an object where I could use keys to get what I need. Thanks!

[Duong_Nguyen]

I found that this function doesn’t always parse data from the XML correctly, especially if there are characters like ‘<’ in the data itself.

Do you have any other recommendations on how to parse XML using another method?

[Andy_Cloke]

For anyone from Google, you can try using the free Data Fetcher extension to import a remote XML file to Airtable.

datafetcher.com

How to Import a Remote XML File in Airtable

In this guide, we'll import a remote XML file in Airtable using the Data Fetcher Airtable extension.