Lua

XML GetChildWithAttr

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Demonstrates how to get the content of a particular node with a particular attribute. For example, returns "Face up in the Rain" for the Name="Album" node.

 <Response Status="OK">
   <Item Name="ZoneID">0</Item>
   <Item Name="State">2</Item>
   <Item Name="FileKey">305718</Item>
   <Item Name="Artist">Michael Tomlinson</Item>
   <Item Name="Album">Face Up in the Rain</Item>
   <Item Name="Name">The Way We're Going</Item>
   <Item Name="Status">Playing</Item>
</Response> 

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local xml = chilkat.Xml.new()

local success = xml:load_xml_file("qa_data/resp.xml")
if not success then
    print(xml.last_error_text)
    return
end

local xItem = xml:get_child_with_attr("Item", "Name", "Album")
if not xml.last_method_success then
    print("not found.")
    return
end

print(xItem.content)