CFHTTP Response - Set XML values in variables

Question

I'm making a CFHTTP request which is returning the following XML in the fileContent:

<login>
    <success>1</success>
    <player>
        <id>123456</id>
        <nucleusId>28736389714</nucleusId>
        <email>myemail@email.com</email>
        <preferredPersona>
            <id>19842082</id>
            <gamertag>MyGamerTag1</gamertag>
            <platform>360</platform>
        </preferredPersona>
    </player>
</login> 

What I'm looking to do is declare ColdFusion variables for:

• player -> id
• player -> nucleusID
• player -> email
• player -> preferredPersona -> id
• player -> preferredPersona -> gamertag
• player -> preferredPersona -> platform

I've had a read around all morning but am still none the wiser on how I'd achieve this?

Answer 1

So all you need to do is convert some XML to a coldfusion structure?

• http://www.anujgakhar.com/2007/11/05/coldfusion-xml-to-struct/
• http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1039-Ask-Ben-Iterating-Over-A-ColdFusion-XML-Document.htm
• http://www.cflib.org/udf/flattenXmlToStruct
• ColdFusion - how to loop through XML output and adding to struct or array?

I'd probably just do it like

<cfsavecontent variable="myXML">
<login>
    <success>1</success>
    <player>
        <id>123456</id>
        <nucleusId>28736389714</nucleusId>
        <email>myemail@email.com</email>
        <preferredPersona>
            <id>19842082</id>
            <gamertag>MyGamerTag1</gamertag>
            <platform>360</platform>
        </preferredPersona>
    </player>
</login> 
</cfsavecontent>

<cfset myXML = XMLParse(myXML)>
<cfset stuPlayer = {}>
<cfset stuPlayer.ID = myXML.login.player.ID.XmlText>
<cfset stuPlayer.nucleusID = myXML.login.player.nucleusID.XmlText>
... etc
<cfdump var="#stuPlayer#">

Answer 2

Over and above Duncan's answer, it seems you could probably step back, and get yourself up to speed understanding/using XML in ColdFusion before you look at any implementation stuff.

• The XML document object
• Using an XML object
• Functions for XML object management
• XML document object management reference
• Using XML and ColdFusion queries - demonstrates transformation techniques.

It's always best to read and understand the docs before trying to use some part of CFML's functionality.