xpath

Go XPath Utilities

This project provides utility functions for working with XML documents using XPath expressions in Go.
It allows adding, updating, and removing elements or attributes in XML files or XML strings.

Installation

go get github.com/rmkane/go-xpath-utils

Usage

Add

Add an element by XPath:

// Add a <baz>zip</baz> element under the first <bar> element in foo.xml
err := xpath.AddByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", "//bar", "baz", "zip")

Add an attribute by XPath:

// Add a "buzz" attribute with value "fizzbuzz" to the first <fizz> element
err := xpath.AddByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", "//fizz/@buzz", "buzz", "fizzbuzz")

Update

Update an element value by XPath:

// Update the value of the first <bar> element in foo.xml to "baz"
err := xpath.UpdateByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", //bar", "baz")

Update an attribute by XPath:

// Update the "buzz" attribute in the first <fizz> element in foo.xml to "fizzbuzz"
err := xpath.UpdateByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", "//fizz/@buzz", "fizzbuzz")

Remove

Remove an element by XPath:

// Remove the first <bar> element from foo.xml
err := xpath.RemoveByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", "//bar")

Remove an attribute by XPath:

// Remove the "buzz" attribute from the first <fizz> element in foo.xml
err := xpath.RemoveByXPathFromFile("foo.xml", "", "//fizz/@buzz")

Working with Strings

These functions also support modifying XML strings instead of files:

updatedXML, err := xpath.AddByXPathFromString(xmlStr, "//bar", "baz", "zip")
updatedXML, err := xpath.UpdateByXPathFromString(xmlStr, "//bar", "baz")
updatedXML, err := xpath.RemoveByXPathFromString(xmlStr, "//bar")

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.