Answers.Body: <p>It appears now that this is an issue with the plugin being unable to read attributes of a node which has sub-nodes. The developer has noted this, and will hopefully post a fix. In the meantime as work around I used a short php script on the server to call the XML file first and rework the data into a format that the plugin can read.</p>
  
Answers.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Answers.CreationDate: 2016-06-19T00:43:16.757Z
Answers.LastActivityDate: 2016-06-19T00:43:16.757Z
Answers.UserDisplayName: Jack McKenzie
Body: <p>I'm trying to extract an attribute from a top level XML node but having some difficulty.</p>
  
  <p>Given some XML:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;slots&gt;
    &lt;slot start="Monday" finish="Tuesday"&gt;
      &lt;title id="1234"&gt;John&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;/slot&gt;
    &lt;slot start="Thursday" finish="Friday"&gt;
      &lt;title id="5678"&gt;Fred&lt;/title&gt;
    &lt;/slot&gt;
  &lt;/slots&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and some Twig:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{% set params = {
          url: 'http://above.xml',
          type: 'xml',
  } %}
  {% set feed = craft.feedme.feed(params) %}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I can extract values and attributes from the inner nodes</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{feed.slots.slot.0.title.attributes.id}}
  {{feed.slots.slot.0.title}}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which yields <code>1234 John</code> as I would expect. But now, how do I get the attributes from the slot node e.g. I want the 'Monday'. I've tried something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>{{feed.slots.slot.0.attributes.start}}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but that just throws an error.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> If I change the XML (remove the inner title nodes) to</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;slots&gt;
    &lt;slot start="Monday" finish="Tuesday"&gt;
    &lt;/slot&gt;
    &lt;slot start="Thursday" finish="Friday"&gt;
    &lt;/slot&gt;
  &lt;/slots&gt; 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>then </p>
  
  <pre><code>{{feed.slots.slot.0.attributes.start}}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>works. So maybe the question now is how do I extract attributes from a node that has sub-nodes?</p>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 3.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2016-05-18T05:12:12.010Z
Comments.Text: By using the dump command it seems to me that if a node has sub nodes, its attributes are not loaded into the array (craft.feedme.feed(params)).
Comments.UserDisplayName: Jack McKenzie
Tags: <plugin-feedme>
Title: Extracting an attribute from top level node of a Feedme XML feed using template
ThreadText: # Extracting an attribute from top level node of a Feedme XML feed using template
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-18)
  
  I'm trying to extract an attribute from a top level XML node but having some difficulty.
  
  Given some XML:
  
  ```
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <slots>
    <slot start="Monday" finish="Tuesday">
      <title id="1234">John</title>
    </slot>
    <slot start="Thursday" finish="Friday">
      <title id="5678">Fred</title>
    </slot>
  </slots> 
  
  ```
  
  and some Twig:
  
  ```
  {% set params = {
          url: 'http://above.xml',
          type: 'xml',
  } %}
  {% set feed = craft.feedme.feed(params) %}
  
  ```
  
  I can extract values and attributes from the inner nodes
  
  ```
  {{feed.slots.slot.0.title.attributes.id}}
  {{feed.slots.slot.0.title}}
  
  ```
  
  which yields `1234 John` as I would expect. But now, how do I get the attributes from the slot node e.g. I want the 'Monday'. I've tried something like
  
  ```
  {{feed.slots.slot.0.attributes.start}}
  
  ```
  
  but that just throws an error.
  
  **EDIT:** If I change the XML (remove the inner title nodes) to
  
  ```
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
  <slots>
    <slot start="Monday" finish="Tuesday">
    </slot>
    <slot start="Thursday" finish="Friday">
    </slot>
  </slots> 
  
  ```
  
  then
  
  ```
  {{feed.slots.slot.0.attributes.start}}
  
  ```
  
  works. So maybe the question now is how do I extract attributes from a node that has sub-nodes?
  
  **Tags:** plugin-feedme
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: By using the dump command it seems to me that if a node has sub nodes, its attributes are not loaded into the array (craft.feedme.feed(params)).  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-06-19. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  It appears now that this is an issue with the plugin being unable to read attributes of a node which has sub-nodes. The developer has noted this, and will hopefully post a fix. In the meantime as work around I used a short php script on the server to call the XML file first and rework the data into a format that the plugin can read.
  
  
  ---
  
  