ajax - 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.

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.

Answer 1

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