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Shoutout to my go-to: https://github.com/EricChiang/pup#readme https://github.com/EricChiang/pup#readme (also golang) and my 2nd favorite https://xmlstar.source

Shoutout to my go-to: https://github.com/EricChiang/pup#readme https://github.com/EricChiang/pup#readme (also golang) and my 2nd favorite https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/ https://xmlstar.sourceforge.net/

tmsbrg 4y ago
Definitely seconding pup, love it and it's easy to use with css selectors. Often use it to parse HTML tables of data on random websites into usable CSVs / etc. xq looks interesting for pure XML, will add it to my notes. Regarding xmlstarlet, I don't use it much but here's some stuff from my notes: XML filter on xpath: xmlstarlet sel -t -c configuration/appender logback.xml; echo XML editing: xmlstarlet ed -d configuration/root -d configuration/logger -s configuration -t elem -n woof -v 'Woof!' logback.xml The last one deletes elements given by xpath "configuration/root" and "configuration/logger", then adds a new element with the contents <woof>Woof!</woof> under the xpath "configuration".
- mdaniel 4y ago
 > Regarding xmlstarlet, I don't use it much but here's some stuff from my notes: It is also handy doing at some PoC work, and then one can feed it "-C" to output the backing xslt for use elsewhere $ echo '<a>hello</a>' | xmlstarlet sel -t -m /a -c 'count(*)' --nl 1 $ echo '<a>hello</a>' | xmlstarlet sel -C -t -m /a -c 'count(*)' --nl <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select="/a"> <xsl:copy-of select="count(*)"/> <xsl:value-of select="' '"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
- tejtm 4y ago
 using `xmlstarlet` to generate XPATHs to visualize document structure https://github.com/TomConlin/xpath2dot https://github.com/TomConlin/xpath2dot
fbdab103 4y ago
The pup readme looks pretty great, but a heads up that the project has had limited activity over the past few years. Several raised issues about problems compiling with latest Go releases.
- mdaniel 4y ago
  Yeah, 234 forks is not a good look, but that said `brew install -s pup` with `go version go1.19.3 darwin/amd64` reports a-ok so I'd guess it just doesn't have a `go.mod` like normal go developers are used to, and that's why the brew formula moves it into the old style GOPATH setup: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/pup.rb#L27 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/...
  - nerdponx 4y ago
    234 forks might be 234 contributors and PRs!

tmsbrg 4y ago

Definitely seconding pup, love it and it's easy to use with css selectors. Often use it to parse HTML tables of data on random websites into usable CSVs / etc. xq looks interesting for pure XML, will add it to my notes. Regarding xmlstarlet, I don't use it much but here's some stuff from my notes: XML filter on xpath: xmlstarlet sel -t -c configuration/appender logback.xml; echo XML editing: xmlstarlet ed -d configuration/root -d configuration/logger -s configuration -t elem -n woof -v 'Woof!' logback.xml The last one deletes elements given by xpath "configuration/root" and "configuration/logger", then adds a new element with the contents <woof>Woof!</woof> under the xpath "configuration".

mdaniel 4y ago
> Regarding xmlstarlet, I don't use it much but here's some stuff from my notes: It is also handy doing at some PoC work, and then one can feed it "-C" to output the backing xslt for use elsewhere $ echo '<a>hello</a>' | xmlstarlet sel -t -m /a -c 'count(*)' --nl 1 $ echo '<a>hello</a>' | xmlstarlet sel -C -t -m /a -c 'count(*)' --nl <?xml version="1.0"?> <xsl:stylesheet xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"> <xsl:output omit-xml-declaration="yes" indent="no"/> <xsl:template match="/"> <xsl:for-each select="/a"> <xsl:copy-of select="count(*)"/> <xsl:value-of select="' '"/> </xsl:for-each> </xsl:template> </xsl:stylesheet>
tejtm 4y ago
using `xmlstarlet` to generate XPATHs to visualize document structure https://github.com/TomConlin/xpath2dot https://github.com/TomConlin/xpath2dot

fbdab103 4y ago

The pup readme looks pretty great, but a heads up that the project has had limited activity over the past few years. Several raised issues about problems compiling with latest Go releases.

mdaniel 4y ago
Yeah, 234 forks is not a good look, but that said `brew install -s pup` with `go version go1.19.3 darwin/amd64` reports a-ok so I'd guess it just doesn't have a `go.mod` like normal go developers are used to, and that's why the brew formula moves it into the old style GOPATH setup: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/pup.rb#L27 https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/...
- nerdponx 4y ago
  234 forks might be 234 contributors and PRs!