Manipulating an existing XML document

[latenitefilms]

First up, thanks @manoelcampos for creating such an awesome Lua extension - very much appreciated!

I'm currently investigating a way to import an existing XML document a (FCPXML document from Apple's Final Cut Pro), manipulate it in Lua-land, then export out a new document.

For now though, I'm having issues making the output match the input.

Here's the example XML document I'm using.

Here's the basic test code I'm using:

local xml2lua = require("xml2lua.xml2lua")
local handler = require("xml2lua.xmlhandler.tree")
local xml = xml2lua.loadFile("/Users/chrishocking/Desktop/Test Project.fcpxml")
local parser = xml2lua.parser(handler)
parser:parse(xml)
print(xml2lua.toXml(handler.root.fcpxml, "fcpxml"))

Here's the output:

<fcpxml>
<fcpxml>
  <library>
<3>
<event>
<2>
<project>
<2>
<_attr>
<2>
<name>Test Project</name>
<uid>1CE43CBF-B3AC-4AB6-BB9E-13F2D9F87BE8</uid>
<modDate>2020-04-07 17:16:18 +1000</modDate>
</2>

</_attr>
<sequence>
<3>
<_attr>
<2>
<tcStart>0s</tcStart>
<tcFormat>NDF</tcFormat>
<audioRate>48k</audioRate>
<format>r1</format>
<duration>250300/2500s</duration>
<audioLayout>stereo</audioLayout>
</2>

...
</resources>
</fcpxml>

Any ideas what's going wrong? Thanks in advance!

Stay safe during these crazy times!

[manoelcampos]

Hello @latenitefilms I appreciate the library is being useful. Unfortunately, I'm afraid your XML is too large and I don't have time to check it. Check the section "Converting a Lua Table to an XML String" in the README and see if it works.

Stay safe.

[manoelcampos]

The way it prints doesn't match the XML structure, but the Lua table structure. If you try to convert from Lua do XML again, it may work.

[latenitefilms]

No worries at all @manoelcampos!

Sadly I wasn't able to get it work the way I needed after playing around and reviewing the examples, documentation and code itself, so have gone with another solution, so all good.

Thanks for the fast response!

[manoelcampos]

Hey @latenitefilms Check the latest release and PR #40. Maybe it fixes your issue.