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TonyAristeidou`XMLParse`

ParseXML

ParseXML [xml]
	converts an XML to a DocumentObject.

ParseXML [xml,elements]
	converts XML to a DocumentObject containing only the specified component elements .

Details and Options

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Examples

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Basic Examples

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Parse an example XML:

In[1]:=

paintinsXml=Import["ExampleData/paintings.xml"];parsed=

ParseXML

[paintinsXml];parsed〚"Document","Children","PAINTINGS","Children","SALE",All,"Children",All,"Children"〛//Dataset

Out[1]=

TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	PRICE
No.5, 1948	Jackson Pollock	1948	$140,000,000
Woman III	Willem de Kooning	1953	$137,500,000
Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I	Gustav Klimt	1907	$135,000,000
Portrait of Dr. Gachet	Vincent van Gogh	1890	$82,500,000
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1876	$78,100,000

A specification of a single element to include can be provided as the second argument:

In[2]:=

parsed=

ParseXML

[paintinsXml,"Children"];parsed〚"Document","PAINTINGS","SALE"〛//Dataset

Out[2]=

TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	PRICE
No.5, 1948	Jackson Pollock	1948	$140,000,000
Woman III	Willem de Kooning	1953	$137,500,000
Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I	Gustav Klimt	1907	$135,000,000
Portrait of Dr. Gachet	Vincent van Gogh	1890	$82,500,000
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1876	$78,100,000

A list specification preserves the full document structure:

In[3]:=

parsed=

ParseXML

[paintinsXml,{"Children"}];parsed〚"Document","Children","PAINTINGS","Children","SALE",All,"Children"〛//Dataset

Out[3]=

TITLE	ARTIST	YEAR	PRICE
Children	Children	Children	Children
No.5, 1948	Jackson Pollock	1948	$140,000,000
Woman III	Willem de Kooning	1953	$137,500,000
Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I	Gustav Klimt	1907	$135,000,000
Portrait of Dr. Gachet	Vincent van Gogh	1890	$82,500,000
Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	1876	$78,100,000

A specification of multiple elements to include can be provided as the second argument:

In[4]:=

parsed=

ParseXML

[paintinsXml,{"Children","URN"}];parsed〚"Document","Children","PAINTINGS","Children"〛//Dataset

Out[4]=

	Children								URN
	TITLE		ARTIST		YEAR		PRICE
	Children	URN	Children	URN	Children	URN	Children	URN
SALE	No.5, 1948	—	Jackson Pollock	—	1948	—	$140,000,000	—	—
	Woman III	—	Willem de Kooning	—	1953	—	$137,500,000	—	—
	Portrait of Adele Block-Bauer I	—	Gustav Klimt	—	1907	—	$135,000,000	—	—
	Portrait of Dr. Gachet	—	Vincent van Gogh	—	1890	—	$82,500,000	—	—
	Bal au moulin de la Galette, Montmartre	—	Pierre-Auguste Renoir	—	1876	—	$78,100,000	—	—

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