Append elements using Nokogiri::XML::Builder

Question

I have the following code:

builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new(:encoding => 'UTF-8') do |xml|
  xml.myRoot do |xml|
    xml.oneChild
    xml.anotherChild
  end
end

Now I want to append a few child nodes to myRoot using the builder (in a second step, I know how to append them straight away). How can I do that?

I've tried this:

node = builder.doc.xpath('//myRoot/oneChild').first
Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with(node) do |xml|
  xml.childOfOneChild 'Im a child of oneChild'
end

Which doesn't work. They won't stick to the element, it's just an empty oneChild.

michaelmichael · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-08 14:12:07Z

16

Your code produces the following XML, which seems to meet your specifications. It doesn't produce an empty oneChild, at any rate. If this isn't what you're looking for, can you tell us what your ideal output would be?:

builder = Nokogiri::XML::Builder.new(:encoding => 'UTF-8') do |xml|
  xml.myRoot do |xml|
    xml.oneChild
    xml.anotherChild
  end
end

puts builder.to_xml

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <myRoot>
#   <oneChild/>
#   <anotherChild/>
# </myRoot>   

node = builder.doc.xpath('//myRoot/oneChild').first
Nokogiri::XML::Builder.with(node) do |xml|
  xml.childOfOneChild 'Im a child of oneChild'
end

puts builder.to_xml

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <myRoot>
#   <oneChild>
#     <childOfOneChild>Im a child of oneChild</childOfOneChild>
#   </oneChild>
#   <anotherChild/>
# </myRoot>

answered Apr 8, 2011 at 14:12

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tokland Over a year ago

I wonder, where the is the OP? this worked for me, thanks very much. documentation: rdoc.info/github/tenderlove/nokogiri/master/Nokogiri/XML/…

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