GetAttribute

Returns an attribute from the XML node at the specified XPath.

Syntax

expression.GetAttribute(xPath, name);

expression - A variable that represents a ApiCustomXmlPart class.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Default	Description
xPath	Required	string		The XPath of the node from which to get the attribute.
name	Required	string		The name of the attribute to find.

Returns

string | null

Example

This example shows how to get an attribute from the root element of a custom XML part.

• Code
• Result

// How to get an attribute from an XML part element.

// Get an XML attribute.

let presentation = Api.GetPresentation();
let xmlManager = presentation.GetCustomXmlParts();
let xml = xmlManager.Add("<config version='1.0' xmlns='http://example'><setting>value</setting></config>");
let rootNodes = xml.GetNodes('/config');
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);
if (rootNodes.length > 0) {
    let version = rootNodes[0].GetAttribute('version');
    run.AddText("Config version: " + version);
} else {
    run.AddText("No root node found");
}
paragraph.AddElement(run);
slide.AddObject(shape);