<!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 x, i, attnode, old_att, xmlDoc, txt;
    xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
    txt = "";
    x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
    for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
        while (x[i].attributes.length > 0) {
            attnode = x[i].attributes[0];
            old_att = x[i].removeAttributeNode(attnode);
            txt += "Removed: " + old_att.nodeName +
            ": " + old_att.nodeValue + "<br>";
        }
    }
    document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
</script>

</body>
</html>