YQL style dom mapping

gistfile1.js

console.clear();
function mapDOM(element, json) {
    var treeObject = {};
    
    // If string convert to document Node
    if (typeof element === "string") {
        if (window.DOMParser)
        {
              parser = new DOMParser();
              docNode = parser.parseFromString(element,"text/xml");
        }
        else // Microsoft strikes again
        {
              docNode = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
              docNode.async = false;
              docNode.loadXML(element); 
        } 
        element = docNode.firstChild;
    }
    
    //Recursively loop through DOM elements and assign properties to object
    function treeHTML(element, object) {
        nodname = element.nodeName.toLowerCase();
        object["_snd"] = nodname;
        var nodeList = element.childNodes;
        if (nodeList != null) {
            if (nodeList.length) {
                object[nodname] = [];
                for (var i = 0; i < nodeList.length; i++) {
                    if (nodeList[i].nodeType == 3) {
                        if (typeof object[nodname] == 'undefined'){
                            console.log(object);
                            console.log(nodname);
                        }else{
                            if (typeof object[nodname].push == 'undefined'){
                                console.log('undefined push');
                                console.log(nodeList[i].nodeValue);
                            }else{
                                object[nodname].push(nodeList[i].nodeValue);    
                            }
                        }                        
                    } else {
                        if (typeof object[nodname] == 'undefined'){
                            object[nodname] = {};
                            console.log(object);
                        }
                        
                        if (typeof object[nodname].push != 'undefined'){
                            object[nodname].push({});  
                            if (typeof object[nodname] == 'undefined' || typeof object[nodname]['_snd'] == 'undefined'){
                               console.log(nodeList[i].nodeName.toLowerCase());
                               console.log(nodeList[i].nodeName.toLowerCase());
                               object[nodeList[i].nodeName.toLowerCase()] = {};
                               object[nodname][object[nodeList[i].nodeName.toLowerCase()].length -1] = {};
                               treeHTML(nodeList[i], object[nodname][object[nodeList[i].nodeName.toLowerCase()].length -1]); 
                            }else{
                               treeHTML(nodeList[i], object[nodname][object[object[nodname]['_snd']].length -1]); 
                            }
                        }else{
                            console.log('hasUndefined');
                            console.log(object[nodname]);
                            console.log(nodname);
                        }                        
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (element.attributes != null) {
            if (element.attributes.length) {
                object["attributes"] = {};
                for (var i = 0; i < element.attributes.length; i++) {
                    object["attributes"][element.attributes[i].nodeName] = element.attributes[i].nodeValue;
                }
            }
        }
    }
    treeHTML(element, treeObject);
    
    return (json) ? JSON.stringify(treeObject) : treeObject;
}



var initElement = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
var json = mapDOM(initElement, true); 
console.log(json);