Load xml from ajax
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.1/jquery.min.js"> </script>/* w w w . j av a2 s .c o m*/ <script> $(document).ready(function(){ $("button").click(function(){ $("div").load("demo_cd_catalog.xml",function(response, status){ if (status == "success"){ $("div").html("<ol></ol>"); $(response).find("data").each(function(){ let item_text = $(this).text(); $('<li></li>').html(item_text).appendTo('ol'); }); document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = "There are " + $(response).find("value").length; } }); }); }); </script> </head> <body> <p id="demo"></p> <div></div> <button>Get</button> </body> </html>