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gulp-xml-editor

gulp-xml-editor is a gulp plugin to edit XML document based on libxmljs.

Usage

var xeditor = require("gulp-xml-editor");

/*
  edit XML document by using user specific object
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.xml")
  .pipe(xeditor([
    {path: '//name', text: 'new names'},
    {path: '//version', attr: {'major': '2'}}
  ]))
  .pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));

/*
  edit XML document by using user specific object using a namespace
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.xml")
  .pipe(xeditor([
    {path: '//xmlns:name', text: 'new names'},
    {path: '//xmlns:version', attr: {'major': '2'}}
  ], 'http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets'))
  .pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));


/*
  edit XML document by using user specific function
*/
gulp.src("./manifest.xml")
  .pipe(xeditor(function(xml, xmljs) {

    // 'xml' is libxmljs Document object.
    xml.get('//key[./text()="Version"]').nextElement().text('2.0.0');

    // 'xmljs' is libxmljs object. you can call any libxmljs function.
    var child = new xmljs.Element(xml, 'note');
    child.text('some text');
    xml.get('//description').addChild(child);

    // must return libxmljs Document object.
    return xml;
  }))
  .pipe(gulp.dest("./dest"));

Note

Please see libxmljs wiki page to get more information about libxmljs API.

API

xeditor(editorObjects)

editorObjects

Type: Array of object

The object must be one of following.

// to modify(or add) the text of the element
{path: 'xpath to the element', text: 'new text value'}

// to modify(or add) a attribute of the element
{path: 'xpath to the element', attr: {'attrName': 'attrValue'}}

// to modify(or add) some attributes of the element
{path: 'xpath to the element', attrs: [
  {'attrName1': 'attrValue1'},
  {'attrName2': 'attrValue2'}
]}

You can't specify xpath to attribute nor text node.

xeditor(editorFunction)

editorFunction

Type: function

The editorFunction must have the following signature: function (xml, [xmljs]) {}, and must return libxmljs Document object. The xml argument is libxmljs Document object, and the xmljs argument is libxmljs object.

License

MIT License

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