DOMParser & XML

So, I understand that since the API scripts aren't running in a browser, which means no DOM object for the environment and all that, but why don't we have access to DOMParser and XML objects?  I sat down this evening to start working on a script to import characters from Hero Lab to the PF character sheet via XML, but I quickly found that in order to do that, I have to reinvent the bloody wheel. Any chance we could get access to basic XML parsing?  There is so  much data in those HL XML files that I could fill out the entire sheet, complete with full details on all of a character's spells, but I just don't have the patience to do it the hard way.

There are xml to json converters out there.

Yes, but ignoring the "French -> German -> English" analogy... The fact that I can't include libraries means I'd have to include the entire converter in the same file. There are legal issues with using someone else's code (usually not an issue here, since the forum rules state posting code here allows others to use it). JavaScript XML->JSON converters tend to rely on the DOMParser object, so I couldn't really use them here, anyways. I really, really don't want to do any pre-processing outside of Roll20; it wouldn't be a problem for me to do, but it'd certainly make it another barrier for others to use it. Using an external converter would get me data I could use in Roll20, but it's a pretty poor work-around that shouldn't be needed in the first place.

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