# Parsing XML file with no style info with Hpricot **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725 "2010-03-07T13:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 1:10pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/1 "2010-03-07T13:10:42Z")
Hello, I’ve been trying for hours to parse an XML using Hpricot. Usually it’s not a problem. Here’s my simple code: #This works and outputs the proper xml data @url1 = ‘[http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml](http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml)’ @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) \<%= @page 1 %\> #This does not work, and I’m scratching my head @url1 = ‘[http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year\_2010/month\_03/day\_06/gid\_2010\_03\_06\_anamlb\_oakmlb\_1/boxscore.xml](http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2010/month_03/day_06/gid_2010_03_06_anamlb_oakmlb_1/boxscore.xml)’ @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) \<%= @page 1 %\> The [gd2.mlb.com](http://gd2.mlb.com) XML file does not have any style information according to Firefox. I can read it using Oxygen. Can somebody provide me with a hint on how to parse the [mlb.com](http://mlb.com) XML? Thanks! -A ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/2 "2010-03-07T18:24:02Z")
Any idea how to parse this XML? -A Allan L. wrote: > Hello, > > I’ve been trying for hours to parse an XML using Hpricot. Usually it’s > not a problem. Here’s my simple code: > > #This works and outputs the proper xml data > @url1 = ‘[http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml](http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml)’ > @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) > \<%= @page 1 %\> > > #This does not work, and I’m scratching my head > @url1 = > ‘[http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year\_2010/month\_03/day\_06/gid\_2010\_03\_06\_anamlb\_oakmlb\_1/boxscore.xml](http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2010/month_03/day_06/gid_2010_03_06_anamlb_oakmlb_1/boxscore.xml)’ > @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) > \<%= @page 1 %\> > > The [gd2.mlb.com](http://gd2.mlb.com) XML file does not have any style information according > to Firefox. I can read it using Oxygen. Can somebody provide me with a > hint on how to parse the [mlb.com](http://mlb.com) XML? Thanks! > > -A ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/3 "2010-03-07T18:36:23Z")
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > #This does not work, and I’m scratching my head And I’m scratching mine trying to guess what you mean by “does not work” … – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/4 "2010-03-07T18:39:32Z")
Hpricot is not parsing the MLB xml file. I’m thinking the reason that it is not reading the MLB xml file is because it is not in a standard XML format. If you give my code a quick try, you’ll notice that it will read other XML files, but not the MLB XML. #This works and outputs the proper xml data @url1 = ‘[http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml](http://www.sportingnews.com/stories/sportingnews/MLB/rss.xml)’ @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) \<%= @page1 %\> #This does not work, and I’m scratching my head @url1 = ‘[http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year\_2010/month\_03/day\_06/gid\_2010\_03\_06\_anamlb\_oakmlb\_1/boxscore.xml](http://gd2.mlb.com/components/game/mlb/year_2010/month_03/day_06/gid_2010_03_06_anamlb_oakmlb_1/boxscore.xml)’ @page1 = Hpricot(open(@url1)) \<%= @page1 %\> Hassan S. wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 4:10 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > #This does not work, and I’m scratching my head > > And I’m scratching mine trying to guess what you mean by “does not > work” … > > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/5 "2010-03-07T18:44:35Z")
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > If you give my code a quick try, you’ll notice that it will read other > XML files, but not the MLB XML. Actually, I already did, and it seems to work just fine. Hence my own head-scratching. 🙂 So, again, maybe you can say _exactly_ what you expect to happen and how that differs from what you’re seeing. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:57pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/6 "2010-03-07T20:57:29Z")
On Mar 7, 6:18 pm, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m expecting the XML information seen here on Firefox:[http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X7VFocR3L4S4Pl\_2jvDzVQ?feat=dire](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X7VFocR3L4S4Pl_2jvDzVQ?feat=dire)… > > to be displayed when I parse the MLB file. Hpricot is not parsing this > file. Have you tried viewing the source of the page generated by your view? I suspect hpricot is parsing the file but just blatting it into the view like that is producing invalid html which your browser is not rendering. Fred ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/7 "2010-03-07T19:18:55Z")
Hi Hassan, This picture: [http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Qf4DFta9p5ERoCRb6Lbd2Q?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Qf4DFta9p5ERoCRb6Lbd2Q?feat=directlink) This is the parsed output from the feed from the sportingnews XML file. It is displayed on my view with \<%= @page1 %\>. This picture: [http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xLVr8\_U-x12rJnADs\_qcEw?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/xLVr8_U-x12rJnADs_qcEw?feat=directlink) The blank space what is displayed on the view with \<%= @page1 %\> using the MLB XML file. I’m expecting the XML information seen here on Firefox: [http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X7VFocR3L4S4Pl\_2jvDzVQ?feat=directlink](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/X7VFocR3L4S4Pl_2jvDzVQ?feat=directlink) to be displayed when I parse the MLB file. Hpricot is not parsing this file. -A Hassan S. wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > If you give my code a quick try, you’ll notice that it will read other > > XML files, but not the MLB XML. > > Actually, I already did, and it seems to work just fine. Hence my own > head-scratching. 🙂 > > So, again, maybe you can say _exactly_ what you expect to happen > and how that differs from what you’re seeing. > > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 11:13am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/8 "2010-03-08T11:13:15Z")
Thanks everybody. I saw the info on the source. I figured it out. -A Hassan S. wrote: > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) > wrote: > > > I’m expecting the XML information seen here on Firefox: > > / > > to be displayed when I parse the MLB file. Hpricot is not parsing this > > file. > > Sure it is – use irb to examine what’s in @page1. > > As Frederick already suggested, you apparently have a view problem, > not an Hpricot parsing problem. > > – > Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid > twitter: @hassan ---
**Author:** ![allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/9f8e36/32.png) [@allanium](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/allanium)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 9:56pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/parsing-xml-file-with-no-style-info-with-hpricot/184725/9 "2010-03-07T21:56:02Z")
On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM, Allan L. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > I’m expecting the XML information seen here on Firefox: > / > to be displayed when I parse the MLB file. Hpricot is not parsing this > file. Sure it is – use irb to examine what’s in @page1. As Frederick already suggested, you apparently have a view problem, not an Hpricot parsing problem. – Hassan S. ------------------------ removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid twitter: @hassan