I have an xml file as below
<Games>
<Game>
<name>Tzoker</name>
<file>tzoker1</file>
</Game>
<Game>
<file>lotto770</file>
</Game>
<Game>
<name>Proto</name>
<file>proto220</file>
</Game>
</Games>
I want to get the values of name and file items for every Game node.
It is easy by using this query.
string query = String.Format("//Games/Game");
XmlNodeList elements1 = xml.SelectNodes(query);
foreach (XmlNode xn in elements1)
{
s1 = xn["name"].InnerText;
s2 = xn["file"].InnerText;
}
The problem is that there are some nodes that they don't have the name item. So the code above doesn't work.
I have solved the problem by using the following code
string query = String.Format("//Games/Game/name");
XmlNodeList elements1 = xml.SelectNodes(query);
foreach (XmlNode xn in elements1)
{
s1 = xn.InnerText;
string query1 = String.Format("//Games/Game[name='{0}']/file", s1);
XmlNodeList elements2 = xml.SelectNodes(query1);
foreach (XmlNode xn2 in elements2)
{
s2 = xn2.InnerText;
}
}
The problem is that there is a case that two or more nodes have the same name value. So, the s2 variable will get the file value of the last node that the loop finds. So, I would like to find a way to get the sibling file value of the current name item. How could I do it? I try do move to the parent node of the current node and then to move to the file item but without success by using the following code.
string query = String.Format("//Games/Game/name");
XmlNodeList elements1 = xml.SelectNodes(query);
foreach (XmlNode xn in elements1)
{
s1 = xn.InnerText;
string query1 = String.Format("../file");
XmlNodeList elements2 = xml.SelectNodes(query1);
foreach (XmlNode xn2 in elements2)
{
s2 = xn2.InnerText;
}
}
I hope there is a solution.
You can use Game[name] to filter Game elements to those with child element name. This is possible because child:: is the default axes which will be implied when no explicit axes mentioned. Extending this further to check for child element file as well, would be as simple as Game[name and file] :
string query = String.Format("//Games/Game[name]");
XmlNodeList elements1 = xml.SelectNodes(query);
foreach (XmlNode xn in elements1)
{
s1 = xn["name"].InnerText;
s2 = xn["file"].InnerText;
}
Now to answer your question literally, you can use following-sibling:: axes to get sibling element that follows current context element. So, given the context element is name, you can do following-sibling::file to return the sibling file element.
Your attempt which uses ../file should also work. The only problem was, that your code executes that XPath on xml, the XmlDocument, instead of executing it on current name element :
XmlNodeList elements2 = xn.SelectNodes("../file");
If I understand you correctly you want to find all games that have a name. You can do that using XPath. Here is a solution that uses LINQ to XML. I find that easier to work with than XmlDocument:
var xDocument = XDocument.Parse(xml);
var games = xDocument
.Root
.XPathSelectElements("Game[child::name]")
.Select(
gameElement => new {
Name = gameElement.Element("name").Value,
File = gameElement.Element("file").Value
}
);
The XPath to select all <Game> elements that have a <name> child element is Game[child::name].
Related
i am trying to work with http://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/1.9/?lat=49.8197202;lon=18.1673554 XML.
Lets say i want to select all value attribute of each temperature element.
i tried this.
const string url = "http://api.met.no/weatherapi/locationforecast/1.9/?lat=49.8197202;lon=18.1673554";
WebClient client = new WebClient();
string x = client.DownloadString(url);
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(x);
XmlNodeList nodes = xml.SelectNodes("/weatherdata/product/time/location/temperature");
//XmlNodeList nodes = xml.SelectNodes("temperature");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes[0].Value);
}
But i get nothing all the time. What am i doing wrong?
The current single slash is targeting weatherdata under the root but the root is weatherdata.
Add a preceding slash to your xpath query to make it a double slash:
XmlNodeList nodes = xml.SelectNodes("//weatherdata/product/time/location/temperature");
Double slashes tells xpath to select nodes in the document from the current node that match the selection no matter where they are.
or remove the preceding slash:
XmlNodeList nodes = xml.SelectNodes("weatherdata/product/time/location/temperature");
which looks for the whole path including the root.
Also, since you apparently want the value called value add this:
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes["value"].Value);
Since the value at of node.Attributes[0].Value may not be in the order you expect.
Are you attempting to loop through each attribute?
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
//You could grab just the value like below
Console.WriteLine(node.Attributes["value"].Value);
//or loop through each attribute
foreach (XmlAttribute f in node.Attributes)
{
Console.WriteLine(f.Value);
}
}
I have one XML string, I am trying to read that using C#, but I am not getting child nodes. I am getting entire XML as inner XML string. I am not able to read the nodes. Here is my XML string and my code.
<Filters FilterName="706337_test">
<MemberName>Dorvil</MemberName>
<MemberId />
<ProviderName />
<ProviderId>706337</ProviderId>
<SelectedProjects>5030003</SelectedProjects>
<CNAChartSelected>false</CNAChartSelected>
<OldProject>false</OldProject>
</Filters>
C# code trying to read the XML nodes
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(xmlstring);
XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/Filters");
I can see only one child node that too filters, I need to read MemberId, MemberName etc., how to read them?
This is because your string in SelectNodes is wrong:
var xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(xmlstring);
var xnList1 = xml.SelectNodes("/Filters"); //list of 1 element
var xnList2 = xml.SelectNodes("/Filters/*"); //list of 7 elements
foreach (XmlNode node in xnList2)
{
Console.WriteLine(node.OuterXml);
}
Also you can use this:
var xElements = XElement.Parse(xmlstring).Elements();
foreach (var element in xElements)
{
Console.WriteLine(element);
}
You need to tell the app which nodes to read..
XmlDocument xml = new XmlDocument();
xml.LoadXml(xmlstring);
XmlNodeList xnList = xml.SelectNodes("/Filters");
foreach (XmlNode node in xnList)
{
string memberName = node["MemberName"].InnerText;
}
This lets the app know to read what is inside the MemberName node.. Do the same for the other nodes and post back your results. Debug as you go to see what you are getting out of each node.
I am trying to access quite a deep XML file, yet I get confused and just brute forced access to an element to get the elements within it, My problem is, it does not work (Object reference not set to an instance of an object) and my method of getting the "dictory" of the XML looks very inefficient,
My goal is to grab all the <ramStick> via a foreach loop since it can have 1-* ramSticks
Here is part of my C# code that I am having an issue with:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
string xmlFilePath = #"C:\xampp\htdocs\userInfo.xml";
doc.Load(xmlFilePath);
XmlNodeList accountList = doc.GetElementsByTagName("account");
foreach (XmlNode node in accountList)
{
XmlElement accountElement = (XmlElement)node;
// I got inside this loop at this point and can get an accountElement with values
String hostname = accountElement.GetElementsByTagName("user")[0].InnerText;
// This is where I get confused and don't know what I am really doing and I just experiment
XmlNode accountRoot = accountElement.GetElementsByTagName("systemInfo")[0];
XmlElement ramNode = (XmlElement)accountRoot;
XmlNode ramInfo = ramNode.GetElementsByTagName("ramInfo")[0];
XmlElement ramList = (XmlElement)ramInfo;
XmlNodeList ramStick = ramList.GetElementsByTagName("ramStick");
// I want to run a foreach loop on each ramStick to get the values
foreach (XmlNode ramNodeForLoop in ramStick)
{
XmlElement ramData = (XmlElement)ramNodeForLoop;
String partNumber = ramData.GetElementsByTagName("partNumber")[0].InnerText;
}
}`
I have quite a big XML file which contains multiple <account> here is a sample of it:
<account>
<user>OYSTER-PC</user>
<systemInfo>
<dskInfo>
<dskInterface>
<deviceID>C:</deviceID><description>Local Fixed Disk</description><size>500000878592</size><freeSpace>377396776960</freeSpace><fileSystem>NTFS</fileSystem><volumeSerialNumber>4C922158</volumeSerialNumber>
</dskInterface>
<dskInterface>
<deviceID>D:</deviceID><description>CD-ROM Disc</description><size/><freeSpace/><fileSystem/><volumeSerialNumber/>
</dskInterface>
<dskInterface>
<deviceID>E:</deviceID><description>CD-ROM Disc</description><size/><freeSpace/><fileSystem/><volumeSerialNumber/>
</dskInterface>
</dskInfo>
<hddInfo>
<hddInterface>
<model>ST9500325AS ATA Device</model><interfaceType>IDE</interfaceType><name>\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0</name><partitions>1</partitions><serialNumber>2020202020202020202020205636384547535146</serialNumber><status>OK</status>
</hddInterface>
</hddInfo>
<nicInfo>
<nicInterface>
<macAddress>48:5D:60:03:88:04</macAddress><description>Atheros AR9285 Wireless Network Adapter</description><ipAddress>192.168.1.10</ipAddress><ipSubnet>255.255.255.0</ipSubnet><defaultIpGateway>192.168.1.1</defaultIpGateway><dhcpServer>192.168.1.1</dhcpServer>
</nicInterface>
<nicInterface>
<macAddress>74:F0:6D:A8:4E:32</macAddress><description>Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network)</description><ipAddress/><ipSubnet/><defaultIpGateway/><dhcpServer/></nicInterface>
<nicInterface>
<macAddress>20:41:53:59:4E:FF</macAddress><description>RAS Async Adapter</description><ipAddress/><ipSubnet/><defaultIpGateway/><dhcpServer/>
</nicInterface>
<nicInterface>
<macAddress>20:CF:30:55:0C:EF</macAddress><description>JMicron PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Adapter</description><ipAddress/><ipSubnet/><defaultIpGateway/><dhcpServer/>
</nicInterface>
</nicInfo>
<ramInfo>
<ramStick>
<partNumber>M471B5273DH0-CK0 </partNumber><serialNumber>E2CE33AF</serialNumber><capacity>4294967296</capacity>
</ramStick>
<ramStick>
<partNumber>M471B5273DH0-CK0 </partNumber><serialNumber>630155D0</serialNumber><capacity>4294967296</capacity>
</ramStick>
</ramInfo>
</systemInfo>
</account>
You can use xpath like this:
foreach (XmlElement element in doc.SelectNodes("//account/systemInfo/ramInfo/ramStick"))
{
string partNumber = element["partNumber"].InnerText;
}
Note that since this call to SelectNodes returns only XmlElement, I can use XmlElement as type for the loop variable. Otherwise I'd have to use XmlNode.
After recoding so much,
Here is what I finally did...
XmlNode systemInfo = node.SelectSingleNode("systemInfo");
XmlNode ramInfo = systemInfo.SelectSingleNode("ramInfo");
XmlNodeList ramList = ramInfo.SelectNodes("ramStick");
foreach (XmlElement ramStick in ramList)
{
// add code here
}
I have this xml file which contains information from tagchimp, but the file contains way to much information. How do i only load the information i need. I have found some code:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(path);
XmlElement root = doc.DocumentElement;
XmlNodeList nodes = root.SelectNodes("movie");
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
string date = node["tagChimpID"].InnerText;
string name = node["locked"].InnerText;
Console.WriteLine("Id:" + date + " Locked:" + name);
}
but it only loads the elements not the child elements, some for example movieTitle or shortDescription
I found a way:
public static string Test(string path, XmlElement nodes)
{
string Name = "";
string releaseDate = "";
XmlNodeList xnList = nodes.SelectNodes("/items/movie");
XmlNode eNode;
foreach (XmlNode xn in xnList)
{
eNode = xn.SelectSingleNode("movieTags/info/movieTitle");
if (eNode != null)
{
Name = eNode.InnerText;
}
eNode= xn.SelectSingleNode("movieTags/info/releaseDate");
releaseDate = eNode.InnerText;
}
but it's not the most practical way to come by it.
Since you are using .NET, you might spend some time learning LINQ to XML, since it sounds like it would do what you want.
There is a lot of online documentation, in particular how to do various basic queries to get information from specific nodes: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb943906.aspx
You could also get the same results with XPath.
Or you could manually traverse the nodes, although you would have to handle the child nodes properly (as you already discovered).
I have xml as follows:
<Reports>
<report>
<name>By Book</name>
<report_type>book</report_type>
<Object>Count Change</Object>
<Slicers detail="detail">
<Namespace>EOD</Namespace>
<BookNode>HighLevel</BookNode>
<DateFrom>T-2</DateFrom>
<DateTo>T-1</DateTo>
<System>NewSystem</System>
</Slicers>
</report>
</Reports>
I simply want to loop through the value of each element of the Xdocument (pref would be any element under Slicers) but to start with just all elements.
When I run the following:
var slicers = from c in config.Elements("Reports")
select c.Value ;
foreach (var xe in slicers)
{
Console.WriteLine(xe);
}
The output is a single line concatenating all the values together.
"By BookbookCount ChangeEODHighLevelT-2T-1NewSystem"
I want to loop through them one at a time, 'By Book' first, run some code then book etc etc.
I am sure this is simple, but cant get round it. I have tried foreach(Xelement in query) but same resulst
i would do it something like this;
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.LoadXml(xml);
//load in your xml here
XmlNodeList xnList = doc.SelectNodes("nodeYou'reLookingFor");
//for getting just the splicers you could do "Reports/report/Slicers"
foreach (XmlNode node in xnList)
string namespace = node["Namespace"].InnerText;
//go through all your nodes here
you're creating a xmldoc, loading your xml into it, creating a list which holds each node in the list (at a specified Xpath), and then looping through each. in the loop you can do whatever you want by referencing
node["nodenamehere"].InnerText