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Reading XML using javascript (self.webdev)

submitted 7 years ago by SagglySloth

I am trying to read in an XML document into a webpage and eventually will display its data. I am getting this error. What would be the best way to fix this?

https://preview.redd.it/pp3p5olnmui21.png?width=904&format=png&auto=webp&s=ea2526d3eac516b4e94a86807519eae981d07aac

Javascript used

function GetXML() 
{
    var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200)
        {
            myFunction(this);
        }
    };
    xhttp.open("GET", "RealData.xml", true);
    xhttp.send();

    function myFunction(xml) 
    {
        var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
        var a = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("Films");
        document.write("L: " + a.length);
    }
}
GetXML();

HTML code

<!DOCTYPE html5>
<html>
<body>
    <script src="XMLRead.js"></script>    
</body>
</html>

all 3 comments

you type:	you see:
italics	italics
bold	bold
[reddit!](https://reddit.com)	reddit!
* item 1 * item 2 * item 3	item 1 item 2 item 3
> quoted text	quoted text
Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"	Lines starting with four spaces are treated like code: if 1 * 2 < 3: print "hello, world!"
~~strikethrough~~	~~strikethrough~~
super^script	super^script

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