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Asked: 2026-06-15T08:58:38+00:00

Here is an example of rss feed: <item> <title>Stem cells being made from blood</title>

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Here is an example of rss feed:

<item>
<title>Stem cells being made from blood</title>
<description>A patient's own blood has been used to make personalised stem cells, which doctors hope can be used to treat a range of diseases.</description>
<link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20539835#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>
<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20539835</guid>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:45:53 GMT</pubDate>
<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64469000/jpg/_64469170_c0147104-red_blood_cells%2C_artwork-spl.jpg"/>
<media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" width="144" height="81" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64469000/jpg/_64469171_c0147104-red_blood_cells%2C_artwork-spl.jpg"/>

I need to fetch url of .jpg pictures in media:thumbnail..
How can i do that with xpath or xquery?
Can anyone help me please?
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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming your XML is:

    <item>
  <title>Stem cells being made from blood</title>
  <description>A patient's own blood has been used to make personalised stem cells, which doctors hope can be used to treat a range of diseases.</description>
  <link>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20539835#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link>
  <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20539835</guid>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 00:45:53 GMT</pubDate>
  <media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" width="66" height="49" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64469000/jpg/_64469170_c0147104-red_blood_cells%2C_artwork-spl.jpg"/>
  <media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" width="144" height="81" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/64469000/jpg/_64469171_c0147104-red_blood_cells%2C_artwork-spl.jpg"/>
</item>

    XPath //item/media:thumbnail/@url selects those nodes you want. In this case you need to pass namespace and prefix in your XPath engine.
    Alternatively you can use this XPath: 

    //item/*[local-name() = 'thumbnail' 
    and namespace-uri() = 'http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/']/@url
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