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For a [node.js][node] project I'm working on I wanted to generate a [Sphinx
xmlpip2e][xmlpipe] data stream. The options for generating XML with node.js
xmlpipe2][xmlpipe] data stream. The options for generating XML with node.js
seemed a bit limited. The main contender appeared to be [libmljs] but it
segfaulted whenever I tried to use it. A browse of the issue tracker seemed to
suggest the project was quite complex and crashing problems were not uncommon.
[node]: http://nodejs.org/
[xmlpipe]: http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/manual-1.10.html TODO
[libmljs]: https://github.com/polotek/libxmljs
So with previous experience using Tim Bray's Genx library I decieded to write
segfaulted whenever I tried to use it. So with previous experience using Tim Bray's [Genx][genx] C library I decided to write
bindings for node. The result is [node-genx], which is available via [npm].
npm install genx
[node]: http://nodejs.org/
[xmlpipe]: http://sphinxsearch.com/docs/manual-1.10.html#xmlpipe2
[libmljs]: https://github.com/polotek/libxmljs
[node-genx]: https://github.com/wezm/node-genx
[genx]: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/02/20/GenxStatus
[npm]: http://npmjs.org/
Example Usage
-------------
Provided below are a couple of examples of using the genx module. To run them you will need the following modules, the version
used at the time of writing is noted in brackets. The examples were developed
against node.js v0.2.6.
* jquery (1.4.4)
* jsdom (0.1.20)
* genx (0.8.0)
* node-uuid (1.1.0)
These packages can be installed via npm. Note that jsdom is omitted from the list because
it is a dependency of jquery:
npm install jquery genx node-uuid
### xmlpipe2
In this example the first 10 Google search results for "node.js xml" are retrieved
and converted into an xmlpipe2 stream, suitable for indexing with Sphinx.
<script src="https://gist.github.com/800580.js?file=xmlpipe2.js"></script>
### Atom Feed
In this example, as in the former the first 10 Google search results for "node.js xml"
are retrieved and converted into an Atom feed.
<script src="https://gist.github.com/796432.js?file=genx-atom.js"></script>

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title: Generating XML With node.js
extra: Using my genx node module to generate XML in node.js.
extra: Examples using my genx node module to generate XML in node.js.
kind: article
section: technical
created_at: 2011-01-28 06:18:00
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- js
- xml
- generation
- atom
- feed
- sphinx

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var genx = require('genx');
// Retrieve the Google search results