I am using the following script to convert an XML to a JSON object:
function xmlToJson(xml) {
var obj = {};
if (xml.nodeType == 1) { // element
// do attributes
if (xml.attributes.length > 0) {
obj["@attributes"] = {};
for (var j = 0; j < xml.attributes.length; j++) {
var attribute = xml.attributes.item(j);
obj["@attributes"][attribute.nodeName] = attribute.nodeValue;
}
}
} else if (xml.nodeType == 4) { // cdata section
obj = xml.nodeValue
}
// do children
if (xml.hasChildNodes()) {
for (var i = 0; i < xml.childNodes.length; i++) {
var item = xml.childNodes.item(i);
var nodeName = item.nodeName;
if (typeof(obj[nodeName]) == "undefined") {
obj[nodeName] = xmlToJson(item);
} else {
if (typeof(obj[nodeName].length) == "undefined") {
var old = obj[nodeName];
obj[nodeName] = [];
obj[nodeName].push(old);
}
if (typeof(obj[nodeName]) === 'object') {
obj[nodeName].push(xmlToJson(item));
}
}
}
}
return obj;
};
It gives me the following error in the console:
Uncaught TypeError: xml.hasChildNodes is not a function
The XML is as simple as this:
<"?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animals>
<dog color='Black'>
<name>Rufus</name>
<breed>labrador</breed>
</dog>
<dog breed='whippet'>
Adopted
<name>Marty</name>
</dog>
<cat color="White">
<name>Matilda</name>
</cat>
</animals>
What am I doing wrong that I can't work with the XML?