parseerror when getting XML via jQuery AJAX

Question

I want to pull an RSS feed via jQuery AJAX, but every time I do, I get a parsererror. My feed is relatively complex (using CDATA and custom namespaces), so I tried stripping down the document returned (along with a million other combinations), but even with an extremely simple document, it still fails. This is my AJAX code:

$.ajax({
    type: 'GET',
    url: ...,
    dataType: 'xml',

    success: function(xml) {
        ...
    },

    error: function(xhr, textStatus, error) {
        console.log('status: ' + textStatus);
        console.log(xhr.responseText);
        showError('an unknown error occurred while trying to fetch the feed: ' + xhr.status);
    }
});

Console output:

status: parsererror
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rss version="2.0">
    <channel>
        <title>title</title>
        <link>link</link>
        <description>desc</description>

        <lastBuildDate>build date</lastBuildDate>
        <generator>gen</generator>
    </channel>
</rss>

You didn't show the url but is it possible that you're trying to make a cross domain request (which is impossible) and that's why it's failing? — Ariel
– Ariel, Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 5:19
What is the original xml file look like and what does error varable contain. — Hogan
– Hogan, Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 5:20
Yep, my server didn't automatically set the Content-Type header. Thanks! — ysimonson
– ysimonson, Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 5:27
@Chandra you should put you comment in the form of an answer so it can be accepted for future readers (and points :) — Doug Neiner
– Doug Neiner, Commented Jan 6, 2010 at 5:42

Brett Zamir · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-17 04:05:11Z

4

Make sure to serve the document with a Content-Type header of application/rss+xml or text/xml.

answered May 17, 2011 at 4:05

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