XML Plugins return data

[Gordon McLean]

Hi
I am trying to extract the value of the credits node from an XML string as follows

HTTP<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE response PUBLIC
"-//textmarketer.biz//DTD Web Services REST 1.6//EN"
"http://api.textmarketer.co.uk/services/rest/DTD/credits_get.dtd">
<response processed_date="2015-09-24T14:45:41+01:00">
<credits>2390</credits>
</response>

I want to return the credits value and I am getting no response using

var XML2 = plugins.XmlReader.readXmlDocumentFromString('The string here');
application.output(XML2[0].getName()); //returns the word 'response' which is expected
var child = XML2[0].getChildNodes()
application.output(child) //outputs []

I was expecting to get <credits> and wanting to get 2390

Anyone with any XML expertise can you point me in the right direction ?

many thanks

Gordon McLean

[mboegem]

Hi Gordon,

Problem is in the iterator
XML2[0] = <!DOCTYPE response PUBLIC
"-//textmarketer.biz//DTD Web Services REST 1.6//EN"
"http://api.textmarketer.co.uk/services/rest/DTD/credits_get.dtd">

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XML2[0].getType() == 'UNKNOWN'

XML2[1] = <response processed_date="2015-09-24T14:45:41+01:00">
<credits>2390</credits>
</response>

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XML2[1].getType() == 'ELEMENT'

So:

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XML2[1].getChildNodes()[0].getTextValue()

Is what you're looking for.

[Gordon McLean]

BRILLIANT - thanks Marc much appreciated

Gordon