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Parsing XML CData

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Posted on by joshlwulf 28

I have a flow where I make an HTTP request for xml data. I'm using xpath to parse it but it's not handling CDATA properly. It's showing me <![CDATA[California]]> as the output instead of just California. 

 

This is my input: xpath(xml(item()),'string(/Dinger/StateName)')

 

Everything is right in my outputs for all elements except this. Is there something I can do differently in my xpath expressions for the elements with CDATA? If not, how do I handle transformation in Flow to remove the text and characters that I don't want?  

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  • Jcook Profile Picture
    Jcook 7,779 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Re: Parsing XML CData

    Hi @joshlwulf 

     

    Could you provide an example/sample output from the http request?

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    v-litu-msft Profile Picture
    v-litu-msft on at
    Re: Parsing XML CData

    Hi @joshlwulf,

     

    There is no direct function could process the CDATA part in the XML file.

    The only way in my mind is using the replace() function to remove these characters:

    replace(replace(outputs('Compose'),'<[CDATA[',''),']]>','')

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    Community Support Team _ Lin Tu
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