DOMImplementation: createDocument() method

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.

The DOMImplementation.createDocument() method creates and returns an XMLDocument.

Syntax

js
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName)
createDocument(namespaceURI, qualifiedName, documentType)

Parameters

namespaceURI

A string containing the namespace URI of the document to be created, or null if the document doesn't belong to one.

qualifiedName

A string containing the qualified name, that is an optional prefix and colon plus the local root element name, of the document to be created. A null value is treated the same as the empty string ("").

documentType Optional

Is the DocumentType of the document to be created. It defaults to null.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

js
const doc = document.implementation.createDocument(
  "http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml",
  "html",
  null,
);
const body = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml", "body");
body.setAttribute("id", "abc");
doc.documentElement.appendChild(body);
alert(doc.getElementById("abc")); // [object HTMLBodyElement]

Specifications

Specification
DOM Standard
# ref-for-dom-domimplementation-createdocument②

Browser compatibility

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Full support
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