parse rss feed using javascript
javascript, rss
Solution
Try changing the last line of the `httpGet` function to:
return xmlHttp.responseXML;
After all, you are expecting an XML response back. You may also need to add this line to your PHP proxy:
header("Content-type: text/xml");
To force the return content to be sent as XML.
Problem
I am parsing an RSS feed using PHP and JavaScript. First I created a proxy with PHP to obtain the RSS feed. Then get individual data from this RSS feed using JavaScript. My issue with with the JavaScript. I am able to get the entire JavaScript document if I use `console.log(rssData);` with no errors. If I try to get individual elements within this document say for example: `<title>`, `<description>`, or `<pubDate>` using `rssData.getElementsByName("title");` it gives an error "Uncaught TypeError: Object....has no method 'getElementsByName'". So my question is how to I obtain the elements in the RSS feed? Javascript (Updated) ``` function httpGet(theUrl) { var xmlHttp = null; xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); xmlHttp.open("GET", theUrl, false); xmlHttp.send(null); return xmlHttp.responseXML; } // rss source var rssData = httpGet('http://website.com/rss.php'); // rss values var allTitles = rssData.getElementsByTagName("title"); // title var allDate = rssData.getElementsByTagName("pubDate"); // date ```