<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
var newNode = xmlDoc.createElement("book");
var x = xmlDoc.documentElement;
var y = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("book");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
"Book elements before: " + y.length + "<br>";
x.insertBefore(newNode, y[3]);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML +=
"Book elements after: " + y.length;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>