@ou-imdt/utils/lib/fetchXML.js

Utility library for interactive media development

import fetchText from './fetchText.js';

/**
 * Fetches a resource and parses it as an XML document.
 * @param {string} url - The URL of the resource to fetch.
 * @returns {Promise<Element>} A promise that resolves to the document element of the parsed XML.
 * 
 * @requires {DOMParser} - Required to parse XML content.
 */
export default async function fetchXML(url) {
  const contents = await fetchText(url);
  const document = new DOMParser().parseFromString(contents, 'text/xml');
  return document.documentElement;
}