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Insert Attributes to an XML Tag

This DataWeave example uses @(key:value) syntax (for example, @(loc: "US")) to inject attributes to XML tags. The example populates the title element with two attributes and each of the author elements with one attribute. Before you begin, note that 2.x versions of DataWeave are used by Mule 4 apps. For DataWeave in Mule 3 apps, refer to DataWeave version 1.2 examples. For other DataWeave versions, you can use the version selector in the DataWeave table of contents.

It uses these functions:

  • mapObject to iterate over each of the books in the input XML, defined in the variable myInput.

  • map to iterate over the author elements in each book.

DataWeave Script:
%dw 2.0
var myInput = read('<bookstore>
  <book>
    <title>Everyday Italian</title>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>30</price>
    <author>Giada De Laurentiis</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title>Harry Potter</title>
    <year>2005</year>
    <price>29.99</price>
    <author>J K. Rowling</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title>XQuery Kick Start</title>
    <year>2003</year>
    <price>49.99</price>
    <author>James McGovern</author>
    <author>Per Bothner</author>
    <author>Kurt Cagle</author>
    <author>James Linn</author>
    <author>Vaidyanathan Nagarajan</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title>Learning XML</title>
    <year>2003</year>
    <price>39.95</price>
    <author>Erik T. Ray</author>
  </book>
</bookstore>', 'application/xml')
output application/xml
---
bookstore: myInput.bookstore mapObject (book) -> {
      book : {
      title @(lang: "en", year: book.year): book.title,
      price: book.price,
      (book.*author map
      author @(loc: "US"): $)
    }
}
Output XML:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<bookstore>
  <book>
    <title lang="en" year="2005">Everyday Italian</title>
    <price>30</price>
    <author loc="US">Giada De Laurentiis</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title lang="en" year="2005">Harry Potter</title>
    <price>29.99</price>
    <author loc="US">J K. Rowling</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title lang="en" year="2003">XQuery Kick Start</title>
    <price>49.99</price>
    <author loc="US">James McGovern</author>
    <author loc="US">Per Bothner</author>
    <author loc="US">Kurt Cagle</author>
    <author loc="US">James Linn</author>
    <author loc="US">Vaidyanathan Nagarajan</author>
  </book>
  <book>
    <title lang="en" year="2003">Learning XML</title>
    <price>39.95</price>
    <author loc="US">Erik T. Ray</author>
  </book>
</bookstore>

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