How to get a xml file from a web url for Element Parser

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I'm using Element parser to parse some xml from a local file right now but I'm wanting to be able to retrive this xml file from the web and then parse it with Element Parser. However, my app crashes when I try to use NSURL to get the xml file. So far the code I was trying to use was:

    NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:@"http://example.com/file.xml"]

The code I use for retrieving the local xml file is:

NSString* path = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource: @"file" ofType: @"xml"];
NSStringEncoding encoding;
self.source = [NSString stringWithContentsOfFile: path usedEncoding: &encoding error:     NULL];
DocumentRoot *document = [Element parseXML:source];

So how can this be done? I also tried to do parseXMLFromURL but it doesn't work so I'm lost. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Where is the documentation for this parser you're using? I googled it and can't find any reference to "Element" parser. — chuckSaldana
– chuckSaldana, Commented Dec 20, 2010 at 4:35
The only documentation is from here: touchtank.wordpress.com/element-parser — 0SX
– 0SX, Commented Dec 20, 2010 at 4:46

Alex Terente · Accepted Answer · 2010-12-20 09:25:13Z

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    NSString *stringUrl = @"http://yourDomain.com/yourXml"
    NSURL *finalURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[stringUrl stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding: NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
    NSString *xmlString = [NSString stringWithContentsOfURL:finalURL    
                                                   encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding 
                                                      error:nil];

answered Dec 20, 2010 at 9:25

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