Simple XML Parser implemented in Swift
What's this?
This is a XML parser inspired by SwiftyJSON and SWXMLHash.
NSXMLParser in Foundation framework is a kind of "SAX" parser. It has enough performance but is a little inconvenient. So we have implemented "DOM" parser wrapping it.
Feature
- access XML Document with "subscript".
- access XML Document as Sequence.
- easy debugging XML pathes.
Requirement
- iOS 9.0+
- tvOS 9.0+
- macOS 10.10+
- Swift 5.0
Installation
Carthage
1. create Cartfile
github "https://github.com/yahoojapan/SwiftyXMLParser"
2. install
> carthage update
CocoaPods
1. create Podfile
platform :ios, '9.0'
use_frameworks!
pod "SwiftyXMLParser", :git => 'https://github.com/yahoojapan/SwiftyXMLParser.git'
2. install
> pod install
Example
import SwiftyXMLParser
let str = """
<ResultSet>
<Result>
<Hit index=\"1\">
<Name>Item1</Name>
</Hit>
<Hit index=\"2\">
<Name>Item2</Name>
</Hit>
</Result>
</ResultSet>
"""
// parse xml document
let xml = try! XML.parse(str)
// access xml element
let accessor = xml["ResultSet"]
// access XML Text
if let text = xml["ResultSet", "Result", "Hit", 0, "Name"].text {
print(text)
}
if let text = xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[0].Name.text {
print(text)
}
// access XML Attribute
if let index = xml["ResultSet", "Result", "Hit", 0].attributes["index"] {
print(index)
}
// enumerate child Elements in the parent Element
for hit in xml["ResultSet", "Result", "Hit"] {
print(hit)
}
// check if the XML path is wrong
if case .failure(let error) = xml["ResultSet", "Result", "TypoKey"] {
print(error)
}Usage
1. Parse XML
- from String
let str = """
<ResultSet>
<Result>
<Hit index=\"1\">
<Name>Item1</Name>
</Hit>
<Hit index=\"2\">
<Name>Item2</Name>
</Hit>
</Result>
</ResultSet>
"""
xml = try! XML.parse(str) // -> XML.Accessor- from NSData
let str = """
<ResultSet>
<Result>
<Hit index=\"1\">
<Name>Item1</Name>
</Hit>
<Hit index=\"2\">
<Name>Item2</Name>
</Hit>
</Result>
</ResultSet>
"""
let string = String(decoding: data, as: UTF8.self)
xml = XML.parse(data) // -> XML.Accessor- with invalid character
let srt = "<xmlopening>@ß123\u{1c}</xmlopening>"
let xml = XML.parse(str.data(using: .utf8))
if case .failure(XMLError.interruptedParseError) = xml {
print("invalid character")
}
For more, see https://developer.apple.com/documentation/foundation/xmlparser/errorcode
2. Access child Elements
let element = xml.ResultSet // -> XML.Accessor3. Access grandchild Elements
- with String
let element = xml["ResultSet"]["Result"] // -> <Result><Hit index=\"1\"><Name>Item1</Name></Hit><Hit index=\"2\"><Name>Item2</Name></Hit></Result>- with Array
let path = ["ResultSet", "Result"]
let element = xml[path] // -> <Result><Hit index=\"1\"><Name>Item1</Name></Hit><Hit index=\"2\"><Name>Item2</Name></Hit></Result>- with Variadic
let element = xml["ResultSet", "Result"] // -> <Result><Hit index=\"1\"><Name>Item1</Name></Hit><Hit index=\"2\"><Name>Item2</Name></Hit></Result>- with @dynamicMemberLookup
let element = xml.ResultSet.Result // -> <Result><Hit index=\"1\"><Name>Item1</Name></Hit><Hit index=\"2\"><Name>Item2</Name></Hit></Result>4. Access specific grandchild Element
let element = xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1] // -> <Hit index=\"2\"><Name>Item2</Name></Hit>5. Access attribute in Element
if let attributeValue = xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1].attributes?["index"] {
print(attributeValue) // -> 2
}6. Access text in Element
- with optional binding
if let text = xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1].Name.text {
print(text) // -> Item2
} - with custom operation
struct Entity {
var name = ""
}
let entity = Entity()
entity.name ?= xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1].Name.text // assign if it has text- convert Int and assign
struct Entity {
var name: Int = 0
}
let entity = Entity()
entity.name ?= xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1].Name.int // assign if it has Intand there are other syntax sugers, bool, url and double.
- assign text into Array
struct Entity {
var names = [String]()
}
let entity = Entity()
entity.names ?<< xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit[1].Name.text // assign if it has text7. Count child Elements
let numberOfHits = xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit.all?.count 8. Check error
print(xml.ResultSet.Result.TypoKey) // -> "TypoKey not found."9. Access as SequenceType
- for-in
for element in xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit {
print(element.text)
}- map
xml.ResultSet.Result.Hit.map { $0.Name.text }9. Generate XML document
print(Converter(xml.ResultSet).makeDocument())Work with Alamofire
SwiftyXMLParser goes well with Alamofire. You can parse the response easily.
import Alamofire
import SwiftyXMLParser
Alamofire.request(.GET, "https://itunes.apple.com/us/rss/topgrossingapplications/limit=10/xml")
.responseData { response in
if let data = response.data {
let xml = XML.parse(data)
print(xml.feed.entry[0].title.text) // outputs the top title of iTunes app raning.
}
}In addition, there is the extension of Alamofire to combine with SwiftyXMLParser.
Migration Guide
Current master branch is supporting Xcode10. If you wanna use this library with legacy swift version, read release notes and install the last compatible version.
License
This software is released under the MIT License, see LICENSE.