You are looking at the HTML representation of the XML format.
HTML is good for debugging, but probably is not suitable for your application.
See complete documentation, or API help for more information. 
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="8285" pageid="4506" ns="6" title="File:ISBN pending.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="Phillip Compeau" timestamp="2022-03-01T16:33:20Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="8284" pageid="4343" ns="6" title="File:ACeDBtoBLdb transition.png" type="upload" action="overwrite" user="B Fristensky" timestamp="2020-07-25T19:41:07Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="8283" pageid="3964" ns="0" title="Hosting documentation/Scripting languages" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2020-01-09T15:46:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="11838" cur="13411" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8282" pageid="4500" ns="6" title="File:BIRCHlayers.png" type="upload" action="upload" user="B Fristensky" timestamp="2019-12-16T21:33:26Z" comment="" />
      <item logid="8281" pageid="4498" ns="3" title="User talk:Julian Stanley" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-09-08T00:38:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="13400" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8280" pageid="4497" ns="2" title="User:Julian Stanley" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-09-08T00:38:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="13399" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8279" pageid="4497" ns="2" title="User:Julian Stanley" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2019-09-08T00:38:47Z" comment="">
        <param>101787</param>
      </item>
      <item logid="8278" pageid="4496" ns="3" title="User talk:Tim Hulsen" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-09-06T19:46:57Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="13215" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8277" pageid="4495" ns="2" title="User:Tim Hulsen" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-09-06T19:46:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol auto="1" prev="0" cur="13214" />
      </item>
      <item logid="8276" pageid="4495" ns="2" title="User:Tim Hulsen" type="newusers" action="create2" user="Admin" timestamp="2018-09-06T19:46:56Z" comment="">
        <param>101786</param>
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2018-07-28T19:43:34Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>