Parsing xml data in ruby using rexml

Question

I'm using the glowfoto api and I'm trying to parse the xml data. It extremely simple, but I can't get it to work.

This is the XML data:

<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<getserver>\n <uploadform>http://img5.glowfoto.com/uploadxml.php</uploadform>\n</getserver>

How can I get that URL into a string using rexml.

Cody Caughlan · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-28 16:37:25Z

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Using REXML you can do it like this. REXML is included in the standard library

require 'rexml/document'

xml = <<-XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<getserver><uploadform>http://img5.glowfoto.com/uploadxml.php</uploadform></getserver>
XML

r = REXML::Document.new(xml)
puts r.elements["getserver/uploadform"].first
=> "http://img5.glowfoto.com/uploadxml.php"

answered Mar 28, 2012 at 16:37

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NielMalhotra Over a year ago

Thank you so much. I knew it was something extremely easy.

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