Re: [xsl] Applying style sheet to xml obtained via URL

["Martin Honnen martin.honnen@xxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 09.08.2016 15:37, Michele R Combs mrrothen@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I have a URL that returns an xml file from our library catalog (for example, http://summit.syr.edu:7014/vxws/GetHoldingsService?bibId=2257667) .  I want to set up a simple form where someone can enter the URL (actually I just want them to enter the BIBID -- those last 7 numbers -- then I'll construct the full URL), then click "submit" to display the XML with a specified XSL style sheet applied to it.  Is there an easy way to do this?
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> I know how to do html forms, but I'm not sure of the best way to script the "meat" of it.  I googled around a bit and found this javascript http://www.w3schools.com/xsl/xsl_client.asp -- if I understand correctly, my form would have to pass the URL to this page as a variable, to be used in this line:
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> xml = loadXMLDoc("[variable would go here]")
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> Is that the best way to go, or is there a simpler method?


So you want to perform the XSLT transformation in the user's browser 
with Javascript? Which browsers do you want that to work with?

Are you aware of the same origin policy 
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-origin_policy) that client-side 
script is subjected to when loading XML? Basically the HTML with the 
script will need to come from the same origin as your XML. Are you going 
to serve your HTML with the script from the same server as the XML given 
above?