XML/HTML to List — util_xml2list • jeksterslabRutils

XML/HTML to List

util_xml2list(tags, con, par = TRUE, ncores = NULL)

Arguments

tags	Character vector. `XML` or `HTML` tags.
con	Connection. Path or connection to `XML`/`HTML` file.
par	Logical. If `TRUE`, use multiple cores.
ncores	Integer. Number of cores to use if `par = TRUE`. If unspecified, defaults to `detectCores() - 1`.

Author

Ivan Jacob Agaloos Pesigan

Examples

xml <- paste0(
  "<TITLE>",
  "Romanza",
  "</TITLE>",
  "<ARTIST>",
  "Andrea Bocelli",
  "</ARTIST>",
  "<COUNTRY>",
  "EU",
  "</COUNTRY>",
  "<COMPANY>",
  "Polydor",
  "</COMPANY>",
  "<PRICE>",
  "10.80",
  "</PRICE>",
  "<YEAR>",
  "1996",
  "</YEAR>"
)
tmp <- tempfile()
writeLines(
  text = xml,
  con = tmp
)
tags <- c(
  "TITLE",
  "ARTIST",
  "COUNTRY",
  "COMPANY",
  "PRICE",
  "YEAR"
)
util_xml2list(
  tags = tags,
  con = tmp,
  par = FALSE
)
#>      TITLE     ARTIST           COUNTRY COMPANY   PRICE   YEAR  
#> [1,] "Romanza" "Andrea Bocelli" "EU"    "Polydor" "10.80" "1996"