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 get an attribute value from a custom XML node.

• Code
• Result

// How to get an attribute from an XML node.

// Get an XML node attribute.

let presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
let xmlManager = presentation.GetCustomXmlParts();
let xml = xmlManager.Add("<product id='123' name='Laptop' price='999'></product>");
let productNode = xml.GetNodes('/product')[0];
let id = productNode.GetAttribute("id");
let name = productNode.GetAttribute("name");
let price = productNode.GetAttribute("price");
let slide = presentation.GetSlideByIndex(0);
slide.RemoveAllObjects();
let fill = Api.CreateSolidFill(Api.CreateRGBColor(255, 111, 61));
let stroke = Api.CreateStroke(0, Api.CreateNoFill());
let shape = Api.CreateShape("rect", 300 * 36000, 130 * 36000, fill, stroke);
shape.SetPosition(608400, 1267200);
let docContent = shape.GetDocContent();
let paragraph = docContent.GetElement(0);
let run = Api.CreateRun();
run.SetFontSize(60);
let displayText = "Product ID: " + id + "\nProduct Name: " + name + "\nProduct Price: " + price;
run.AddText(displayText);
paragraph.AddElement(run);
slide.AddObject(shape);