Parsing XML struct

I am seeking some help on parsing xml returned from an xmlrpc call.
An example result is a structure of name/value pairs:

<methodResponse>
<params>
<param>
<value><array>
<data>
<value><struct>
<member><name>id</name>
<value><string>8</string></value>
</member>
<member><name>name</name>
<value><string>Dr Bar</string></value>
</member>
</struct></value>
</data>
</array></value>
</param>
</params>
</methodResponse>

I have tired the following but get null so I suppose I am over simplifying.

var result = this.responseText;
Titanium.API.info('Received: '+result);
var xml = Ti.XML.parseString(result);
var structList = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("struct");
Titanium.API.info(structList.length);
Titanium.API.info(structList.item(0).getElementsByTagName("name").text);
Titanium.API.info(structList.item(0).getElementsByTagName("value").text);

correction.

Titanium.API.info(structList.item(0).getElementsByTagName("name").item(0).text);

Does give me "id" but

Titanium.API.info(structList.item(0).getElementsByTagName("value").item(0).text);

Gives me zip.

Ok, correction again..

Titanium.API.info(structList.item(0).getElementsByTagName("value").item(0).getElementsByTagName("string").item(0).text);

Gives me "8".
I just need a more efficient way to do this as the structures returned by various calls are not all the same.

Ok, now I am this far I can figure it out.

New question: how do you delete a dumb question so it does not clutter up the Q&A?

Thanks.

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Here's a solution:

var result = this.responseText;
var xml = Ti.XML.parseString(result);

var params = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("member");
var name = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("name");
var value = xml.documentElement.getElementsByTagName("string");
var data = [];

for (var i=0;i<params.item.length;i++) {
    Ti.API.log('Param '+i+': Name: '+n.item(i).text);
    Ti.API.log('Param '+i+': Value: '+v.item(i).text);

    // Add to array
    data.push({"name":n.item(i).text,"value":v.item(i).text});
}

Your XML doc could have a better structure, which would make it easier to parse. Here's a screenshot.

If you use responseXML, your XML needs to be validated (ie, DTD).

One thing you can do is to also try using : var xml = this.responseXML;

Instead of using Ti.XML.parseString from the result.

— answered March 18th 2010 by Kosso
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This isnt a dumb post - it got me over my brain block with xml in this environment!

— answered July 22nd 2011 by Steve Hovey
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I have an XML with this structure:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Result>
    <User>
        <ID>65</ID>
        <Name>adm_adm</Name>
        <Email>noreply@domain.com</Email>
    </User>
    <Accounts>
        <Account ID="248" Name="wertyu" />
        <Account ID="251" Name="hgdfh" />
        <Account ID="249" Name="wertyui" />
    </Accounts>
    <Roles>
        <Rol ID="14" Name="SentDocsAsign" />
        <Rol ID="15" Name="RcvDocsAsign" />
        <Rol ID="30" Name="SenderUser" />
    </Roles>
</Result>

I parsed all the User data, but how can i parse the Accounts and the Roles nodes?

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