How to Read XML file attributes using Sahi

wasimhbr

Hi,

How can we read xml file attributes into sahi script, are there any API to support this?

I went through "http://blog.sahi.co.in/2009/06/parsing-xml-in-sahi-scripts.html" but dint help much. I do not want to copy and paste my entire xml as code, I want to keep a separare xml file and read its attibutes as per my needs.

I want to iterate through XML file using a for loop and fetch the attributes. can any one please help me as how to achieve this.

Example XML file :

<studylist>
<study>
<uid> 4aabb264-4b5f-4c21-8b5f-8c214b5f8c21 </uid>
<status> 0 </status>
</study>
<study>
<uid> e8fcb21b-c03f-49cb-803f-39cbc03f39cb </uid>
<status> 1 </status>
</study>
</studylist>

narayan

Read the file using _readFile() and then pass it into new XML()

var xmlStr = _readFile("yourfile.xml");
var $x = new XML(xmlStr);

wasimhbr

Hi Narayan,

I used the same code you have shared above. Its not working.

var xmlStr = _readFile("C:\\Sahi\\userdata\\scripts\\StudyList.xml");
var $x = new XML(xmlStr);

These above two lines seem to work, but when i use a alert message

_alert($x);

It displayes an empty object, If i ignore this and go further down.

_alert($x.study2.status.toString()); //changed above xml a bit

It throws up an empty value. I believe "new XML(xmlStr);" function used above is over writing the contents read from xml file or The code used to read the xml attributes is incorrect?

can u please provide a sample code hear on continuation steps as how to proceed reading XML attributs.

narayan

Hi Wasim,

I would suggest running the example exactly as it is. Once you get it working, you can modify it and check what is failing.

Regards,
Narayan

wasimhbr

Thanks Narayan, It works now.

As you mentioned the trick hear is, we need to stick to the same example and try out initially. later we can modify based on our needs.

For other Sahi users, Sample code to read XML file:

var xmlStr = _readFile("C:\\Sahi\\userdata\\scripts\\XML_auth.xml");
var $x = new XML(xmlStr);

[Note: create a XML file similar to the one mentioned in the example of the above link and follow the code to fetch attributes from it]

narayan

Wasim, This is a standard practice followed by all good developers. Make changes to an application in steps, and check after each step. Makes it very easy to debug problems.

Regards,
Narayan