feed_parser/lib/xml.ex

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Elixir

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()) :: {:ok, tuple()} | {:error, String.t()}
def parse(data) do
try do
{doc, _} =
data
|> :binary.bin_to_list()
|> :xmerl_scan.string()
{:ok, doc}
catch
:exit, reason -> {:error, "parsing XML failed: #{inspect(reason)}"}
end
end
end