feed_parser/lib/xml.ex

defmodule FeedParser.XML do
  @moduledoc """
  A set of helpers for working with XML. To use this module, you must `require` it.
  """

  import Record

  defrecord :xmlElement, extract(:xmlElement, from_lib: "xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl")
  defrecord :xmlAttribute, extract(:xmlAttribute, from_lib: "xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl")
  defrecord :xmlText, extract(:xmlText, from_lib: "xmerl/include/xmerl.hrl")

  @spec parse(data :: String.t()) :: tuple()
  def parse(data) do
    {doc, _} =
      data
      |> :binary.bin_to_list()
      |> :xmerl_scan.string()

    doc
  end
end