GetAttribute

Retrieves the attribute value from the custom XML node. If the attribute doesn't exist, it returns false.

Syntax

expression.GetAttribute(name);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiCustomXmlNode class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
name	Required	string		The name of the attribute to retrieve.

Returns

string | null

Example

This example shows how to retrieve the value of an attribute from the current XML node.

• Code
• Result

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let xmlManager = doc.GetCustomXmlParts();
let xmlText = `
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<zoo>
    <animal species="Lion" id="101">
        <name>Leo</name>
        <age>5</age>
        <habitat>Savanna</habitat>
        <diet>Carnivore</diet>
    </animal>
</zoo>`;
let xml = xmlManager.Add(xmlText);
let node = xml.GetNodes('/zoo/animal')[0];
let species = node.GetAttribute('species');
let id = node.GetAttribute('id');
let paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("Attributes of the first animal node:\r\n");
paragraph.AddText(`Species: ${species}\r\n`);
paragraph.AddText(`ID: ${id}\r\n`);
doc.Push(paragraph);