Från: Philip Aker <email@hidden>
Datum: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:51:42 -0700
Till: Richard Rönnbäck <email@hidden>
Kopia: Scriptease <email@hidden>
Ämne: Re: System Events XML Suite - how to add / delete elements and
attributes?
On 08-07-21, at 11:04, Richard Rönnbäck wrote:
I have spent the last on trying to find some example of how to Edit
XML with System Event's XML Suite, to no avail. I am aware of the
Excellent XML tools from Satimage and LateNightSoftware, but
unfortunately I can't use them for the current project
So far this is about what I have managed to find (through Google),
in terms of creating something at all:
set myResult to do shell script "curl 'http://galacticaa.net/widget/feed.php?
ts=1171327909000&v=2.1'"
tell application "System Events"
set myData to make new XML data with properties {text:myResult}
--set {EpNum, EpName, EpType, EpIm, EpM, EpD, EpY, EpFul, EpSum,
NewVer, UpgradeMessage} to value of XML elements of XML element
"galacticaa" of result
end tell
But how on earth do I create a new element at end somewhere in the
structure, or delete one for that matter? I am really lost and would
greatly appreciate a working example.
I don't know much about System Events XML but if it's awkward to
include third party OSAX then xsltproc <x-man-page://xsltproc> is
probably the best way to go. In fact the Smile OSAX is built on the
same libraries (libxml and libxslt) xsltproc uses and it's used by a
lot of Apple products.
What you would do is include your .xsl file in a script bundle (or
create it dynamically). xsltproc is very fast.
Here's the Terminal call I use to transform the received XML from the
'curl' call above. It elides the 'upgrade_message' element and puts a
new 'info' element in its place:
curl 'http://galacticaa.net/widget/feed.php? ts=1171327909000&v=2.1'
2>/dev/null | xsltproc add.xsl -
You will have to change the path of "add.xsl".
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<xsl:transform xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform";
version="1.0">
<xsl:output indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="*|@*">
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:when test="name()='upgrade_message'">
<xsl:element name="info">
<xsl:attribute name="version">
<xsl:value-of select="'1.2.3'"/>
</xsl:attribute>
<xsl:text>Too bad about Adama. Those paramedics were the enemy in
disguise.</xsl:text>
</xsl:element>
</xsl:when>
<xsl:otherwise>
<xsl:copy-of select="."/>
</xsl:otherwise>
</xsl:choose>
</xsl:template>
<xsl:template match="/galacticaa">
<xsl:copy>
<xsl:apply-templates select="*|@*"/>
</xsl:copy>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:transform>
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Philip Aker
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