Parsing XML files...

[jaql]

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to figure out how to take a directory full of .xml files and create "stories" (nodes in Drupal) out of them. I guess the Drupal part is kind of irrelevant here, but it's what I want to end with.

Anyway, I am thinking of trying to do something like this:

• Take the directory of .xml files (which are using the NITF format) and somehow grab specific parts of the xml file (i.e. the headline, body, images, etc.)

• Take those specified parts of the .xml file and generate an RSS feed from them

• Run the RSS feed through a module such as FeedAPI in order to create nodes based off of the feed.

I do not think there is a way to go from XML -> right into Drupal, so that is why I'm trying to do it this way.

Is this even possible? Or does someone know another way/better way? I know it sounds convoluted, but I can't seem to think of anything else.

[onicsoft]

Yeah it is possible. Do you have any code started you can show us? We are not here to do it 100% for you. You can hire a coder if you want it 100% done for you.

I did find some reading you can do over the subject: HERE

[Horizon88]

You can use the SimpleXML functions to parse an XML feed. Then it's just a matter of determining what elements match up with your new RSS feed, then echo'ing it out and kicking it off to your FeedAPI system.