Load xml file in a directory using javascript

Question

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.

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Answer 1

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

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

Answer 2

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

Load xml

Answer 3

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