Class XmlService

This service allows scripts to parse, navigate, and programmatically create XML documents.

// Log the title and labels for the first page of blog posts on the G Suite Developer blog.
function parseXml() {
  var url = 'https://gsuite-developers.googleblog.com/atom.xml';
  var xml = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url).getContentText();
  var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
  var root = document.getRootElement();
  var atom = XmlService.getNamespace('http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom');

  var entries = root.getChildren('entry', atom);
  for (var i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
    var title = entries[i].getChild('title', atom).getText();
    var categoryElements = entries[i].getChildren('category', atom);
    var labels = [];
    for (var j = 0; j < categoryElements.length; j++) {
      labels.push(categoryElements[j].getAttribute('term').getValue());
    }
    Logger.log('%s (%s)', title, labels.join(', '));
  }
}

// Create and log an XML representation of the threads in your Gmail inbox.
function createXml() {
  var root = XmlService.createElement('threads');
  var threads = GmailApp.getInboxThreads();
  for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
    var child = XmlService.createElement('thread')
        .setAttribute('messageCount', threads[i].getMessageCount())
        .setAttribute('isUnread', threads[i].isUnread())
        .setText(threads[i].getFirstMessageSubject());
    root.addContent(child);
  }
  var document = XmlService.createDocument(root);
  var xml = XmlService.getPrettyFormat().format(document);
  Logger.log(xml);
}

Properties

Property	Type	Description
`ContentTypes`	`ContentType`	An enumeration representing the types of XML content nodes.

Methods

Method	Return type	Brief description
`createCdata(text)`	`Cdata`	Creates an unattached `CDATASection` node with the given value.
`createComment(text)`	`Comment`	Creates an unattached `Comment` node with the given value.
`createDocType(elementName)`	`DocType`	Creates an unattached `DocumentType` node for the root `Element` node with the given name.
`createDocType(elementName, systemId)`	`DocType`	Creates an unattached `DocumentType` node for the root `Element` node with the given name, and the given system ID for the external subset data.
`createDocType(elementName, publicId, systemId)`	`DocType`	Creates an unattached `DocumentType` node for the root `Element` node with the given name, and the given public ID and system ID for the external subset data.
`createDocument()`	`Document`	Creates an empty XML document.
`createDocument(rootElement)`	`Document`	Creates an XML document with the given root `Element` node.
`createElement(name)`	`Element`	Creates an unattached `Element` node with the given local name and no namespace.
`createElement(name, namespace)`	`Element`	Creates an unattached `Element` node with the given local name and namespace.
`createText(text)`	`Text`	Creates an unattached `Text` node with the given value.
`getCompactFormat()`	`Format`	Creates a `Format` object for outputting a compact XML document.
`getNamespace(uri)`	`Namespace`	Creates a `Namespace` with the given URI.
`getNamespace(prefix, uri)`	`Namespace`	Creates a `Namespace` with the given prefix and URI.
`getNoNamespace()`	`Namespace`	Creates a `Namespace` that represents the absence of a real namespace.
`getPrettyFormat()`	`Format`	Creates a `Format` object for outputting a human-readable XML document.
`getRawFormat()`	`Format`	Creates a `Format` object for outputting a raw XML document.
`getXmlNamespace()`	`Namespace`	Creates a `Namespace` with the standard `xml` prefix.
`parse(xml)`	`Document`	Creates an `Document` from the given XML, without validating the XML.

Detailed documentation

`createCdata(text)`

Creates an unattached CDATASection node with the given value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`text`	`String`	the value to set

Return

Cdata — the newly created CDATASection node

`createComment(text)`

Creates an unattached Comment node with the given value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`text`	`String`	the value to set

Return

Comment — the newly created Comment node

`createDocType(elementName)`

Creates an unattached DocumentType node for the root Element node with the given name.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`elementName`	`String`	the name of the root `Element` node to specify in the `DocType` declaration

Return

DocType — the newly created DocumentType node

`createDocType(elementName, systemId)`

Creates an unattached DocumentType node for the root Element node with the given name, and the given system ID for the external subset data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`elementName`	`String`	the name of the root `Element` node to specify in the `DocType` declaration
`systemId`	`String`	the system ID of the external subset data to set

Return

DocType — the newly created DocumentType node

`createDocType(elementName, publicId, systemId)`

Creates an unattached DocumentType node for the root Element node with the given name, and the given public ID and system ID for the external subset data.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`elementName`	`String`	the name of the root `Element` node to specify in the `DocType` declaration
`publicId`	`String`	the public ID of the external subset data to set
`systemId`	`String`	the system ID of the external subset data to set

Return

DocType — the newly created DocumentType node

`createDocument()`

Creates an empty XML document.

Return

Document — the newly created document

`createDocument(rootElement)`

Creates an XML document with the given root Element node.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`rootElement`	`Element`	the root `Element` node to set

Return

Document — the newly created document

`createElement(name)`

Creates an unattached Element node with the given local name and no namespace.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`String`	the local name to set

Return

Element — the newly created Element node

`createElement(name, namespace)`

Creates an unattached Element node with the given local name and namespace.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`name`	`String`	the local name to set
`namespace`	`Namespace`	the namespace to set

Return

Element — the newly created Element node

`createText(text)`

Creates an unattached Text node with the given value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`text`	`String`	the value to set

Return

Text — the newly created Text node

`getCompactFormat()`

Creates a Format object for outputting a compact XML document. The formatter defaults to UTF-8 encoding, no indentation, and no additional line breaks, but includes the XML declaration and its encoding.

// Log an XML document in compact form.
var xml = '<root><a><b>Text!</b><b>More text!</b></a></root>';
var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
var output = XmlService.getCompactFormat()
    .format(document);
Logger.log(output);

Return

Format — the newly created formatter

`getNamespace(uri)`

Creates a Namespace with the given URI.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`uri`	`String`	the URI for the namespace

Return

Namespace — the newly created namespace

`getNamespace(prefix, uri)`

Creates a Namespace with the given prefix and URI.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`prefix`	`String`	the prefix for the namespace
`uri`	`String`	the URI for the namespace

Return

Namespace — the newly created namespace

`getNoNamespace()`

Creates a Namespace that represents the absence of a real namespace.

Return

Namespace — the newly created namespace

`getPrettyFormat()`

Creates a Format object for outputting a human-readable XML document. The formatter defaults to UTF-8 encoding, two-space indentation, \r\n line separators after every node, and includes the XML declaration and its encoding.

// Log an XML document in human-readable form.
var xml = '<root><a><b>Text!</b><b>More text!</b></a></root>';
var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
var output = XmlService.getPrettyFormat()
    .format(document);
Logger.log(output);

Return

Format — the newly created formatter

`getRawFormat()`

Creates a Format object for outputting a raw XML document. The formatter defaults to UTF-8 encoding, no indentation and no line breaks other than those provided in the XML document itself, and includes the XML declaration and its encoding.

// Log an XML document in raw form.
var xml = '<root><a><b>Text!</b><b>More text!</b></a></root>';
var document = XmlService.parse(xml);
var output = XmlService.getRawFormat()
    .format(document);
Logger.log(output);

Return

Format — the newly created formatter

`getXmlNamespace()`

Creates a Namespace with the standard xml prefix.

Return

Namespace — the newly created namespace

`parse(xml)`

Creates an Document from the given XML, without validating the XML.

var xml = '<root><a><b>Text!</b><b>More text!</b></a></root>';
var doc = XmlService.parse(xml);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
`xml`	`String`	the XML to parse

Return

Document — the newly created document