XMLSearch
Get XML values according to given xPath query
Method Signature
XMLSearch(XMLNode=[XML], xpath=[String], params=[Struct])Arguments
Argument
Type
Required
Description
Default
XMLNode
XML
true
The XML node to search
xpath
String
true
The xpath query to search for
params
Struct
false
The parameters to pass to the xpath query
{}
Examples
Read specific properties from XML collection
XPath extracts 'name' property from every user given in the XML collection
<bx:savecontent variable="xmlstring">
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<users>
<user id="1">
<name>Me</name>
</user>
<user id="2">
<name>You</name>
<address>
<street>Long Road</street>
</address>
</user>
</users>
</bx:savecontent>
<bx:script>
xml = XMLParse( xmlstring );
result = xmlSearch( xml, "users//name" );
userlist = "";
for( i = 1; i <= ArrayLen( result ); i++ ) {
userlist = ListAppend( userlist, result[ i ].XMLTEXT );
}
writeOutput( userlist );
</bx:script>
Result: Me,You
Additional Examples
xml_stream = "
<?xml version=""1.0"" encoding=""UTF-8""?>
<notes>
<note>
<to>Alice</to>
<from>Bob</from>
<heading>Reminder</heading>
<body>Here is the message you requested.</body>
</note>
<note>
<to>Bob</to>
<from>Alice</from>
<heading>Your request</heading>
<body>I got your message; all is well.</body>
</note>
</notes>";
xml_document = XmlParse( xml_stream );
dump( XmlSearch( xml_document, "/notes/note[last()]/body" ) );
// I got your message; all is well.
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