arturesteves / libxmljs

libxml bindings for v8 javascript engine

Libxmljs

LibXML bindings for node.js

var libxmljs = require("libxmljs");
var xml =  '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>' +
           '<root>' +
               '<child foo="bar">' +
                   '<grandchild baz="fizbuzz">grandchild content</grandchild>' +
               '</child>' +
               '<sibling>with content!</sibling>' +
           '</root>';

var xmlDoc = libxmljs.parseXml(xml);

// xpath queries
var gchild = xmlDoc.get('//grandchild');

console.log(gchild.text());  // prints "grandchild content"

var children = xmlDoc.root().childNodes();
var child = children[0];

console.log(child.attr('foo').value()); // prints "bar"

Support

• Docs - http://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/wiki
• Mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/libxmljs

API and Examples

Check out the wiki http://github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/wiki.

See the examples folder.

Installation via npm

npm install libxmljs

Contribute

Start by checking out the open issues. Specifically the desired feature ones.

Requirements

Make sure you have met the requirements for node-gyp. You DO NOT need to manually install node-gyp; it comes bundled with node.