SetAttribute

Sets an attribute for the custom XML node. If the attribute already exists, it will not be modified.

Syntax

expression.SetAttribute(name, value);

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 set.
value	Required	string		The value to assign to the attribute.

Returns

boolean

Example

This example shows how to get the XPath of a custom XML node.

• Code
• Result

let doc = Api.GetDocument();
let xmlManager = doc.GetCustomXmlParts();
let xmlText = `
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bookstore>
    <book>
        <title lang="en">The Odyssey</title>
        <author>Homer</author>
        <year>-740</year>
        <price>30.00</price>
    </book>
</bookstore>`;
let xml = xmlManager.Add(xmlText);
let node = xml.GetNodes('/bookstore/book')[0];
node.SetAttribute('category', 'ancient');
let attributes = node.GetAttributes();
let paragraph = Api.CreateParagraph();
paragraph.AddText("Attributes of book node:\r\n");
attributes.forEach((attribute, index) => {
    paragraph.AddText(`Attribute #${index} "${attribute.name}" with value: ${attribute.value}\r\n`);
});
doc.AddElement(0, paragraph);