XMLDict implements an Associative interface (get(), getindex(),
haskey()) for reading XML elements and attributes.
Requires EzXML.jl.
Extract the content of a single tag...
xml = parse_xml("""
<CreateQueueResponse>
<CreateQueueResult>
<QueueUrl>http://queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/testQueue</QueueUrl>
</CreateQueueResult>
</CreateQueueResponse>
""")
@test xml["CreateQueueResult"]["QueueUrl"] == "http://queue.amazonaws.com/123456789012/testQueue"Extract an attribute from a tag by using a :symbol as key...
xml = parse_xml("""
<bookstore>
<book category="COOKING" tag="first"/>
<bookstore>
""")
@test xml["bookstore"]["book"][:category] == "COOKING"Extract a list of tag content...
xml = parse_xml("""
<ListAllMyBucketsResult>
<Buckets>
<Bucket><Name>quotes</Name><CreationDate>2006-02-03T16:45:09.000Z</CreationDate></Bucket>
<Bucket><Name>samples</Name><CreationDate>2006-02-03T16:41:58.000Z</CreationDate></Bucket>
</Buckets>
</ListAllMyBucketsResult>
""")
@test [b["Name"] for b in xml["Buckets"]["Bucket"]] == ["quotes", "samples"]Extract a dictionary of <Name>, <Value> tags content...
xml = parse_xml("""
<GetQueueAttributesResponse>
<GetQueueAttributesResult>
<Attribute><Name>VisibilityTimeout</Name><Value>30</Value></Attribute>
<Attribute><Name>CreatedTimestamp</Name><Value>1286771522</Value></Attribute>
<Attribute><Name>MaximumMessageSize</Name><Value>8192</Value></Attribute>
<Attribute><Name>MessageRetentionPeriod</Name><Value>345600</Value></Attribute>
</GetQueueAttributesResult>
</GetQueueAttributesResponse>
""")
d = [a["Name"] => a["Value"] for a in xml["GetQueueAttributesResult"]["Attribute"]]
Dict with 4 entries:
"MessageRetentionPeriod" => "345600"
"MaximumMessageSize" => "8192"
"VisibilityTimeout" => "30"
"CreatedTimestamp" => "1286771522"Convert entire XML document to a Julia Dict...
xml_string="""
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bookstore brand="amazon">
<book category="COOKING" tag="first">
<title lang="en">
Everyday Italian
</title>
<author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>30.00</price>
<extract copyright="NA">The <b>bold</b> word is <b><i>not</i></b> <i>italic</i>.</extract>
</book>
<book category="CHILDREN">
<title lang="en">Harry Potter</title>
<author>J K. Rowling</author>
<year>2005</year>
<price>29.99</price>
<foo><![CDATA[<sender>John Smith</sender>]]></foo>
<extract>Click <a href="foobar.com">right <b>here</b></a> for foobar.</extract>
</book>
<metadata>
<foo>hello!</foo>
</metadata>
</bookstore>
"""d = xml_dict(xml_string)
Dict(
:version=>"1.0",
:encoding=>"UTF-8",
"bookstore"=>Dict(
:brand=>"amazon",
"book"=>[
Dict(
:category=>"COOKING",
:tag=>"first",
"title"=>Dict(:lang=>"en",""=>"Everyday Italian"),
"author"=>"Giada De Laurentiis",
"year"=>"2005",
"price"=>"30.00",
"extract"=>Dict(
:copyright=>"NA",
""=>["The ",Dict("b"=>"bold")," word is ", Dict("b"=>Dict("i"=>"not"))," ",Dict("i"=>"italic"),"."])
),
Dict(
:category=>"CHILDREN",
"title"=>Dict(:lang=>"en",""=>"Harry Potter"),
"author"=>"J K. Rowling",
"year"=>"2005",
"price"=>"29.99",
"foo"=>"<sender>John Smith</sender>",
"extract"=>["Click ",Dict("a"=>Dict(:href=>"foobar.com",""=>["right ",Dict("b"=>"here")]))," for foobar."]
)],
"metadata"=>Dict("foo"=>"hello!")
)
)