I have been trying to extract one value from a XML file, and then store it on the same file but in another node, I tried all the examples i've found on the net, read XPath Syntax documentation like hell and still can't get it to work.
I must take the <Documento ID="F60T33"> ID Value (which may vary) and copy it into <Reference URI="#F60T33">.
But I can't even do that if I can't manage to parse the lines, most of times node/variables/"", or I get an "object reference not established as object instance error".
Here's the code:
// Create a new XML document.
XmlDocument xmlDoc = new XmlDocument();
// Load an XML file into the XmlDocument object.
xmlDoc.PreserveWhitespace = true;
xmlDoc.Load(pfile);
//TEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PROBLEMA
XmlNodeList Documentos = xmlDoc.GetElementsByTagName("//Documento");
XmlNodeList DatosDocumento = ((XmlElement)Documentos[0]).GetElementsByTagName("ID");
foreach (XmlElement nodo in DatosDocumento)
{
int I = 0;
XmlNodeList ID = nodo.GetElementsByTagName("ID");
Console.WriteLine("Elemento nombre ... {0}}", ID[i].InnerText);
}
//
XmlNodeList nodes = xmlDoc.SelectNodes("EnvioDTE");
XmlNode nodesimple = xmlDoc.SelectSingleNode("EnvioDTE");
Console.WriteLine("Lista Nodos: " + nodes.Count);
Console.WriteLine("Nodo Simple: " + nodesimple.InnerText);
foreach (XmlNode node in nodes)
{
string id = node.Attributes["ID"].InnerText;
Console.WriteLine(id);
}
I am almost certain the problem is on the XPath Syntax, but I can't get it to work.
Sadly I can't use XDocument as im using .NET 3.5 for this task, I would really appreciate some help on this, by behand apologize my bad english
As the XML file is too big, I'll put it here on this URL
http://puu.sh/bVNDc/31e4da5a26.xml
If you can get your references right for using System.Linq.XDocument you can do:
string idValue = xDocument.XPathSelectElement("//EnvioDTE/SetDTE")
.Attributes().SingleOrDefault(a => a.Name == "ID").Value;
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I have this chunk of XML
<EnvelopeStatus>
<CustomFields>
<CustomField>
<Name>Matter ID</Name>
<Show>True</Show>
<Required>True</Required>
<Value>3</Value>
</CustomField>
<CustomField>
<Name>AccountId</Name>
<Show>false</Show>
<Required>false</Required>
<Value>10804813</Value>
<CustomFieldType>Text</CustomFieldType>
</CustomField>
I have this code below:
// TODO find these programmatically rather than a strict path.
var accountId = envelopeStatus.SelectSingleNode("./a:CustomFields", mgr).ChildNodes[1].ChildNodes[3].InnerText;
var matterId = envelopeStatus.SelectSingleNode("./a:CustomFields", mgr).ChildNodes[0].ChildNodes[3].InnerText;
The problem is, sometimes the CustomField with 'Matter ID' might not be there. So I need a way to find the element based on what 'Name is', i.e. a programmatic way of finding it. I can't rely on indexes being accurate.
You can use this code to read innertext from a specific element:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("your.xml");
XmlNodeList Nodes= doc.SelectNodes("/EnvelopeStatus/CustomField");
if (((Nodes!= null) && (Nodes.Count > 0)))
{
foreach (XmlNode Level1 in Nodes)
{
if (Level1.ChildNodes[1].Name == "name")
{
string text = Convert.ToInt32(Level1.ChildNodes[1].InnerText.ToString());
}
}
}
You can often find anything in a XML document by utilizing the XPath capabilities that is available directly in the .NET Framework versions.
Maybe create a small XPath parser helper class
public class EnvelopeStatusParser
{
public XmlNodeList GetNodesWithName(XmlDocument doc, string name)
{
return doc.SelectNodes($"//CustomField[Name[text()='{name}']]");
}
}
and then call it like below to get all CustomFields which have a Name that equals what you need to search for
// Creating the XML Document in some form - here reading from file
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load(#"envelopestatus.xml");
var parser = new EnvelopeStatusParser();
var matchingNodes = parser.GetNodesWithName(doc, "Matter ID");
Console.WriteLine(matchingNodes);
matchingNodes = parser.GetNodesWithName(doc, "NotHere");
Console.WriteLine(matchingNodes);
There exist numerous XPath cheat sheets around - like this one from LaCoupa - xpath-cheatsheet which can be quiet helpful to fully utilize XPath on XML structures.
I have a dtsConfig file with configuration for ssis package variable User::Quote_ID:
<Configuration ConfiguredType="Property"
Path="\Package.Variables[User::Quote_ID].Properties[Value]"
ValueType="String"><ConfiguredValue>77777</ConfiguredValue></Configuration>
I want to change this value from c# code:
XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
XmlNode xFile = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("User::Quote_ID");
xFile.Value = quote_ID.ToString();
xDoc.Save(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
xDoc = null;
It gives me an error on the third line of my code (XmlNode...):
‘User::Quote_ID’ has an invalid token
What is wrong?
Chris! Your code helped me a lot! In my case it did not work thought. I ran the application in debug mode and I could see that xDoc.Load... opens the right file, but it did not execute foreach loop. The property listOfConfigurationNodes had Count = 0. I checked my xml file again and found that it has outer node and all nodes inside this outer node. So I changed your code
XmlNodeList listOfConfigurationNodes = xDoc.SelectNodes("Configuration");
I made:
XmlNode XMLOuterNode = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("DTSConfiguration");
XmlNodeList listOfConfigurationNodes = XMLOuterNode.SelectNodes("Configuration");
This code works fine for my particular case. Thanks a lot!!!
The node name is "Configuration". Within that, you have an attribute called "Path", whose value is "\Package.Variables[User::Quote_ID].Properties[Value]".
I'm not sure what you need to do in your code, but here is an example of one way to go about making changes in that value:
XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
XmlNode xFile = xDoc.SelectSingleNode("Configuration");
xFile.Attributes["Path"].Value = xFile.Attributes["Path"].Value.Replace("User::Quote_ID", "newValue");
xDoc.Save(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
xDoc = null;
The above example will change \Package.Variables[User::Quote_ID].Properties[Value] to \Package.Variables[newValue].Properties[Value].
Updated Example
This will replace the 77777 value with quote_ID.ToString() (I'm assuming the 55555 is in there) for the first node (for all nodes, remove break;) where the 'Path' is \Package.Variables[User::Quote_ID].Properties[Value].
XmlDocument xDoc = new XmlDocument();
xDoc.Load(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
XmlNodeList listOfConfigurationNodes = xDoc.SelectNodes("Configuration");
foreach (XmlNode node in listOfConfigurationNodes)
{
if (node.Attributes["Path"].Value == #"\Package.Variables[User::Quote_ID].Properties[Value]")
{
node.SelectSingleNode("ConfiguredValue").InnerText = quote_ID.ToString();
break;
}
}
xDoc.Save(#"\\MyServer\DataFiles$\...\MyConfigFile.dtsConfig");
xDoc = null;
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
}
The xml is coming from a url and all I need is the pull the string "N0014E1" from it. I am not sure why this code is not working. I put a try block around it and I get a "Data root level is invalid"
xml:
<obj is="c2g:Network " xsi:schemaLocation="http://obix.org/ns/schema/1.0/obi/xsd" href="http://192.168.2.230/obix/config/">
<ref name="N0014E1" is="c2g:LOCAL c2g:Node"xsi:schemaLocation="http://obix.org/ns/sc/1.0/obix/xsd" href="N0014E1/"></ref>
</obj>
C# code:
public static string NodePath = "http://" + MainClass.IpAddress + ObixPath;
public static void XMLData()
{
XmlDocument NodeValue = new XmlDocument();
NodeValue.LoadXml(NodePath);
var nodes = NodeValue.SelectNodes(NodePath);
foreach (XmlNode Node in nodes)
{
HttpContext.Current.Response.Write(Node.SelectSingleNode("//ref name").Value);
Console.WriteLine(Node.Value);
}
//Console.WriteLine(Node);
Console.ReadLine();
}
Your SelectNodes and SelectSingleNode commands are incorrect. Both expect an xpath string to identify the node.
Try the following
string xml = #"<obj is=""c2g:Network "" href=""http://192.168.2.230/obix/config/""><ref name=""N0014E1"" is=""c2g:LOCAL c2g:Node"" href=""N0014E1/""></ref></obj>";
XmlDocument NodeValue = new XmlDocument();
NodeValue.LoadXml(xml);
XmlNode r = NodeValue.SelectSingleNode("//ref[#name]");
if (r != null)
{
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(r.Attributes["name"].Value);
}
Also, Note, that LoadXml method simply loads an xml string; it will not load from a remote url.
As #kevintdiy has pointed out your xml is not entirely correct. In the sample above I have stripped out the xsi reference as you are lacking a definition for it.
If you have access to the source xml, either remove the reference to xsi if its not required or add a definition for it to the root node.
If this is not possible, then you may want to consider using regular expression or other string based methods for getting the value.
I have an xmlnodelist which results in the below snippet
<updi:ProductName xmlns:updi="urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:ProductIdentification:xsd:schema:01.04">Packet Processing Card (PPC) 16GB</updi:ProductName>
<ulc:AlternativeIdentifier xmlns:ulc="urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:Locations:xsd:schema:01.04">
<ulc:Authority>PID</ulc:Authority>
<ulc:Identifier>ASR5K-PPC-K9=</ulc:Identifier>
</ulc:AlternativeIdentifier>
<ulc:AlternativeIdentifier xmlns:ulc="urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:Locations:xsd:schema:01.04">
<ulc:Authority>CPN</ulc:Authority>
<ulc:Identifier />
</ulc:AlternativeIdentifier>
How can I grab the two authority and identifier tags? I tried adding a root element but I have issues with the namespaces. The original namespace declaration is very large.
Well, I doubt there's anything wrong with the XPath queries you've tried - more likely it's the namespaces that are tripping you up. There are a few ways to compensate/deal with this, ranging from "strip out all the namespaces" to using the XmlNamespaceManager - here's an example of that:
void Main()
{
var doc = new XmlDocument();
var namespaceMgr = new XmlNamespaceManager(doc.NameTable);
namespaceMgr.AddNamespace("updi", "urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:ProductIdentification:xsd:schema:01.04");
namespaceMgr.AddNamespace("ulc", "urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:Locations:xsd:schema:01.04");
doc.LoadXml(xml);
var authorityTags = doc.SelectNodes("//ulc:Authority", namespaceMgr);
var identifierTags = doc.SelectNodes("//ulc:Identifier", namespaceMgr);
}
Assuming xml is:
string xml = #"
<ROOT>
<updi:ProductName xmlns:updi=""urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:ProductIdentification:xsd:schema:01.04"">
Packet Processing Card (PPC) 16GB
</updi:ProductName>
<ulc:AlternativeIdentifier xmlns:ulc=""urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:Locations:xsd:schema:01.04"">
<ulc:Authority>PID</ulc:Authority>
<ulc:Identifier>ASR5K-PPC-K9=</ulc:Identifier>
</ulc:AlternativeIdentifier>
<ulc:AlternativeIdentifier xmlns:ulc=""urn:rosettanet:specification:universal:Locations:xsd:schema:01.04"">
<ulc:Authority>CPN</ulc:Authority>
<ulc:Identifier />
</ulc:AlternativeIdentifier>
</ROOT>";
The below will return all four nodes from your sample. I did have to wrap it in a root node for my testing. The | operator allows for the union functionality.
//ulc:AlternativeIdentifier/ulc:Authority | //ulc:AlternativeIdentifier/ulc:Identifier
I tested this using Notepad++ with the XPatherizerNPP plugin, which I highly recommend.
Something like this will do the trick:
XmlDocument doc = new XmlDocument();
doc.Load("YourXmlFile");
foreach (XmlNode node in doc.SelectNodes("//*[local-name() = \"Authority\"]"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Authority: " + node.InnerText);
}
foreach (XmlNode node in doc.SelectNodes("//*[local-name() = \"Identifier\"]"))
{
Console.WriteLine("Identifier: " + node.InnerText);
}
Basically, SelectNodes("//*[local-name() = \"Identifier\"]") tells it to search for node in the xml with that name, regardless of namespace, etc.