Load xml file in a directory using javascript

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I want to load a xml file using the javascript. I use the following code to load the xml file. The below coding loads the xml file when it is in the same folder.

if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
            {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
                xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
            }
            else
            {// code for IE6, IE5
                xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            xmlhttp.open("GET",'dineshkani.xml',false);
            xmlhttp.send();
            xmlDocument=xmlhttp.responseText;
            alert("loaded");

But i want to load the xml file in the particular location eg. c:/xml/dineshkani.xml

If i use the coding xmlhttp.open("GET",'c:/xml/dineshkani.xml',false); like this it wont load the xml file. Is there a way to load the xml file.

You can't access the users file system under normal circumstances. — starbeamrainbowlabs, Jul 17 '12 at 17:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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Despite its name, XMLHttpRequest can be used for non-HTTP requests.
The following should work

xmlhttp.open("GET",'file:///C:/xml/dineshkani.xml',false);

The result status is 0 for success instead of 200. This is because the file and ftp schemes do not use HTTP result codes.

EDIT: However, some browsers, including Google Chrome disable this by default. It has to be enabled by starting Chrome with --allow-file-access. So if you are looking for a cross-browser solution, you should put the XML in your server directory.

HTML5 file api does not let you access the entire filesystem you get a sandboxed directory to work with. Link

Reference: MDN Page

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 16:57

Anirudh Ramanathan

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I didn't think that ajax requests worked on the `file:///` protocol. – starbeamrainbowlabs Jul 17 '12 at 17:02
I think they do: https://developer.mozilla.org/es/XMLHttpRequest/Usar_XMLHttpRequest#section_3 – Anirudh Ramanathan Jul 17 '12 at 17:04
Didn't know that. Thanks! It will probably only work when the base file comes from the `file:///` probably – starbeamrainbowlabs Jul 17 '12 at 17:13

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:14

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Unfortunately, you can't access local files through AJAX.

You could try the HTML5 file access API, if you want.

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answered Jul 17 '12 at 17:04

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That API doesn't do exactly what the OP wants. See [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/2378239/759019) – Anirudh Ramanathan Jul 17 '12 at 17:22
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You're right... another option would be to set up the page so that the user could upload the XML to the server, and then serve that to the webpage... one hell of a roundtrip, but it could work. – Haroldo_OK Jul 17 '12 at 20:18

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 17 '12 at 17:30

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I dont think it can be loaded use this link it is useful for xml file loading

Load xml

answered Jul 17 '12 at 17:30

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Great link! But it doesn't talk about loading xml from the local filesystem. – Anirudh Ramanathan Jul 17 '12 at 17:35
the link returns 404 – caisil Apr 22 '19 at 06:14

Load xml file in a directory using javascript

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