Question

I have an XML file that uses image tags like this:

<Entry>
    <?image_0 href="http://url.com"?>
    <?image_1 href="http://url.com"?>
    <?image_2 href="http://url.com"?>
</Entry>

It doesn’t work using .find(“?image_0”) or similar since this has no closing tag. This format is supported by Adobe InDesign, but how do I get the image child elements and the URL?

Answer 1

You can make it valid xml by rewriting the content:

var data = '<Entry> <?image_0 href="http://url.com"?> <?image_1 href="http://url.com"?> <?image_2 href="http://url.com"?> </Entry>';
data = data.replace(/\<\?/g, "<").replace(/\?\>/g, "/>");
alert($(data).find("image_0").attr("href"));

Here’s a fiddle.