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darshthakkar
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Passing values containing < > in XML generator with "Escape special characters" turned ON

Hi, I’ve some fields containing < > (html tags) that needs to go into XML generator and provide desired output however the fields come in as a raw string and doesn’t do it’s work as “Escape special...
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    darshthakkar
    4 years ago

    Values inside tags like < >, etc can not be ingested into XML Generator without any customization. By default, those values will be converted to snapLogic’s predefined symbols which can be found in the below 2 links:
    Link 1
    Link 2

    I went with a different route for my development so the concern I was having has been resolved. Instead of passing those values inside < > (native html tags) inside an XML generator, I defined the html format in mapper/file writer itself so the format took care of the required output. Remember, the file name should be .html (if the use case is to generate html files; the format could be different as per the use case) to see these changes happening.

    The suggestions/solution given above on this thread may work, I haven’t tried it and there is another thread discussing the same: Similar Thread_1

    Signing off from this thread!

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darshthakkar
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@alchemiz: This should work for generating html files as well, right?

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    darshthakkar
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    While I appended some tags as seen in the snap below, I wanted them to function like native html tags however it is just printing them:

    As per my understanding, a href =" "> should have been hyperlinked to ClickMe and
    should have brought the remaining text to the next line. Any suggestions would be really appreciated.

    Regards,
    DT

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      Hey @darshthakkar,

      The logic for dynamically creating URLs can be done in a mapper just before the XML Generator, and in the generator you can simply access that incoming field within the “a” tag, like this:

      <a href="$URL">Click me</a>

      Try this and let me know if it works for you.

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        That’s exactly what I’ve done but when this URL goes into XML generator, it prints the same ‘<a href’ instead of displaying it as a link [snap below for reference]