XML DOM inputEncoding Property

❮ Document Object

Example

The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and displays the XML encoding, standalone attribute, and XML version of the document:

var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (this.readyState == 4 && this.status == 200) {
       myFunction(this);
   }
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();

function myFunction(xml) {
    var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
    "XML encoding: " + xmlDoc.xmlEncoding +
    "<br>XML standalone: " + xmlDoc.xmlStandalone +
    "<br>XML version: " + xmlDoc.xmlVersion +
    "<br>Encoding used when parsing: " + xmlDoc.inputEncoding;
}

Output:

XML encoding: UTF-8
XML standalone: false
XML version: 1.0
Encoding when parsing: UTF-8

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Definition and Usage

The inputEncoding property returns the encoding used for the document (when parsing).

Syntax

documentObject.inputEncoding

❮ Document Object

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