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I am trying to convert a random string (which is build in XML format) in to an xml, so I can apply the "to_hash" function to it.

This is what I have:

model = live_requests[3]
parser = XML::Parser.string(model)
model_xml = parser.parse

puts model.to_hash

Now why am I getting an error when 'model_xml' should be an XML file?

I am using LibXML by the way. http://libxml.rubyforge.org/rdoc/index.html

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    What is your input? What is the error? Can you provide a little more information on *why* you want to do this? You'll get better answers. – Mark Thomas Nov 07 '12 at 12:28

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Libxml does not support the to_hash method. If you are looking for a way to do this that doesn't require traversing XML nodes and bulding the hash manually you should take a look at Nori. 

Nori.parse("<tag>This is the contents</tag>")
# => { 'tag' => 'This is the contents' }

If you want to learn how to traverse Libxml's node trees take a look at the answer to this question.

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