DOMParser

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

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The DOMParser interface provides the ability to parse XML or HTML source code from a string into a DOM Document.

You can perform the opposite operation—converting a DOM tree into XML or HTML source—using the XMLSerializer interface.

In the case of an HTML document, you can also replace portions of the DOM with new DOM trees built from HTML by setting the value of the Element.innerHTML and outerHTML properties. These properties can also be read to fetch HTML fragments corresponding to the corresponding DOM subtree.

Note that XMLHttpRequest can parse XML and HTML directly from a URL-addressable resource, returning a Document in its response property.

Note: Be aware that block-level elements like <p> will be automatically closed if another block-level element is nested inside and therefore parsed before the closing </p> tag.

Constructor

DOMParser(): Creates a new DOMParser object.

Instance methods

DOMParser.parseFromString(): Parses an input TrustedHTML instance or string as HTML or XML and returns a Document.

Examples

The documentation for DOMParser.parseFromString(), this interface's only method, contains examples for parsing XML, SVG, and HTML strings.

Specifications

Specification
HTML # dom-parsing-and-serialization

Browser compatibility

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS
`DOMParser`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 8 (Release date: 2005-04-19) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 1.3 (Release date: 2005-04-15) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
`DOMParser()` constructor	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 8 (Release date: 2005-04-19) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 1.3 (Release date: 2005-04-15) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
`parseFromString`	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 8 (Release date: 2005-04-19) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 1.3 (Release date: 2005-04-15) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
Requires `TrustedHTML` instance when trusted types are enforced	Chrome – Full support Chrome 83 (Release date: 2020-05-19) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 83 (Release date: 2020-05-21) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 148 (Release date: 2026-02-24) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 69 (Release date: 2020-06-24) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 83 (Release date: 2020-05-19) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 148 (Release date: 2026-02-24) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 59 (Release date: 2020-06-30) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 13 (Release date: 2020-12-02) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 83 (Release date: 2020-05-19) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 26 (Release date: 2025-09-15) footnote Full support
HTML (`text/html`) support	Chrome – Full support Chrome 31 (Release date: 2013-11-12) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 12 (Release date: 2012-04-24) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 17 (Release date: 2013-10-08) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 9.1 (Release date: 2016-03-21) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 31 (Release date: 2013-11-14) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 14 (Release date: 2012-06-26) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 18 (Release date: 2013-11-20) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 3 (Release date: 2015-04-10) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4.3 (Release date: 2014-06-02) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 9.3 (Release date: 2016-03-21) footnote Full support
SVG (`image/svg+xml`) support	Chrome – Full support Chrome 4 (Release date: 2010-01-25) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 10 (Release date: 2012-01-31) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 3 (Release date: 2007-10-26) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 10 (Release date: 2012-01-31) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 14 (Release date: 2013-05-21) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support
XML (`application/xml`) support	Chrome – Full support Chrome 1 (Release date: 2008-12-11) footnote Full support	Edge – Full support Edge 12 (Release date: 2015-07-29) footnote Full support	Firefox – Full support Firefox 1 (Release date: 2004-11-09) footnote Full support	Opera – Full support Opera 8 (Release date: 2005-04-19) footnote Full support	Safari – Full support Safari 1.3 (Release date: 2005-04-15) footnote Full support	Chrome Android – Full support Chrome Android 18 (Release date: 2012-06-27) footnote Full support	Firefox for Android – Full support Firefox for Android 4 (Release date: 2011-03-29) footnote Full support	Opera Android – Full support Opera Android 10.1 (Release date: 2010-11-09) footnote Full support	Safari on iOS – Full support Safari on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support	Samsung Internet – Full support Samsung Internet 1 (Release date: 2013-04-27) footnote Full support	WebView Android – Full support WebView Android 4.4 (Release date: 2013-12-09) footnote Full support	WebView on iOS – Full support WebView on iOS 1 (Release date: 2007-06-29) footnote Full support

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Full support: Full support