xml

The xml module validates and reformats XML, reads element text and attributes, and converts XML into JSON or a navigable object tree. Import it with import xml.

Functions

Function	Signature	Description
`valid`	`xml.valid(s: string) → bool`	Whether `s` is well-formed XML
`pretty`	`xml.pretty(s: string) → string`	Re-indent XML with 2-space indent
`minify`	`xml.minify(s: string) → string`	Strip whitespace between tags
`get`	`xml.get(s: string, tag: string) → string`	Inner text of the first matching element
`attr`	`xml.attr(s: string, tag: string, attr: string) → string`	Value of `attr` on the first matching element
`toJson`	`xml.toJson(s: string) → string`	Convert XML to a JSON map string
`parse`	`xml.parse(s: string) → object`	Navigable XML tree (children as fields, attributes prefixed `@`, text under `#text`)

Example

import xml

let doc = "<book id=\"1\"><title>Goost</title></book>"
print(xml.get(doc, "title"))            // Goost
print(xml.attr(doc, "book", "id"))      // 1

let tree = xml.parse(doc)
print(tree.book.title["#text"])         // Goost

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