DOMParser
The DOMParser interface provides the ability to parse XML or HTML source code from a string into a DOM Document.
You can perform the opposite operation—converting a DOM tree into XML or HTML source—using the XMLSerializer
interface.
In the case of an HTML document, you can also replace portions of the DOM with new DOM trees built from HTML by
setting the value of the Element.innerHTML and outerHTML properties. These properties can also be read to fetch
HTML fragments corresponding to the corresponding DOM subtree.
Note that XMLHttpRequest can parse XML and HTML directly from a URL-addressable resource, returning a Document in
its response property.
Value members
Concrete methods
The DOMParser can also be used to parse a SVG document or a HTML document. There are three different results possible, selected by the MIME type given. If the MIME type is text/xml, the resulting object will be an XMLDocument, if the MIME type is image/svg+xml, it will be an SVGDocument and if the MIME type is text/html, it will be an HTMLDocument.
The DOMParser can also be used to parse a SVG document or a HTML document. There are three different results possible, selected by the MIME type given. If the MIME type is text/xml, the resulting object will be an XMLDocument, if the MIME type is image/svg+xml, it will be an SVGDocument and if the MIME type is text/html, it will be an HTMLDocument.