Hunter Walker wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to process the xml in the url below, but I am unsure how. 
> I've always had APIs to help me out before, so this is new.
> 
> http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00001372?displayxml=true
> 
> I want to get this xml in an object that I can then parse and extract 
> the portions I need.
> 
> Thank you for your help, as always.

Use open-uri to fetch the XML, then load it into a REXML::Document object.

Then use REXML's XPath to grab what you need.

http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/open-uri/rdoc/
http://www.ruby-doc.org/stdlib/libdoc/rexml/rdoc/index.html



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