XMLPeek
The XMLPeek function allows one or more XML nodes to be read from an XML document.
Properties
XML Source
XML source controls where the function reads the input XML from, and must be one of the following values:
- File
Reads from the XML file defined in the XML File property; - String
Reads from an XML formatted string defined in the XML String property.
XML File
The path to an XML file which will be read by the function.
This property is only visible if XML
Source is set to "File".
XML String
The XML formatted string to read.
This property is only visible if XML
Source is set to "String".
XPath
XPath is a string conforming to the XML path language format. It is used to select which nodes are read by the function.
Namespaces
An optional string defining any XML namespaces for prefixes used in the XPath property.
Namespaces should be defined in the format
Output
Output controls how the nodes matched by Xpath are returned from the functions. Output can be set to one of the following values:
- Single node
The function will provide as output the contents of the first matched node.
If more than one node is matched by XPath, only the first one is returned.
If no matching nodes are found, an exception is thrown. - Single node or empty
The function will provide as output the contents of the first matched node, if one was found.
If more than one node is matched by XPath, only the first one is returned.
If no matching nodes are found, the output will contain an empty string. - List of nodes
The function will produce a list containing the contents of all matching nodes. - Loop nodes
The function will return the contents of each matched node one item at a time. You will see a "ForEachNode" loop icon as a child of this function. Any function added to the loop will be able to access the contents of the node in an output variable named "Node".