How to get XML namespace value via Xpath

Question

How can i get the "273" value of ns1:bookId, when I have an xml response like this:

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
   <soapenv:Header/>
   <soap:Body xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
      <ns2:createResponse ns1:bookId="273" xmlns:ns1="http://www.example.com/">
   </soap:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>

SoapUI doesn't accept this pattern: //ns2:createResponse/@ns1:bookId

Don't bother with it, I just copied a random part of an xml. The question is how do you define an Xpath for that namespace? — Kuroosa
– Kuroosa, Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 6:39
Does this answer your question: stackoverflow.com/a/49851246/3710053 — Siebe Jongebloed
– Siebe Jongebloed, Commented Oct 19, 2022 at 7:27

JaSON · Accepted Answer · 2022-10-19 12:25:19Z

1

You can ignore namespaces in XPath:

//*[local-name()="createResponse"]/@*[local-name()="bookId"]

edited Oct 19, 2022 at 12:25

answered Oct 19, 2022 at 6:57

JaSON

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Michael Kay Over a year ago

I think you probably intended to call local-name() rather than name().

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