# XML parsing problem

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**Created:** [January 30, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-parsing-problem/250592 "2008-01-30T20:28:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 30, 2008, 8:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-parsing-problem/250592/1 "2008-01-30T20:28:56Z")

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I can’t correctly parse this XML in AS3  
I’m using a Facebook API with AS3, so its fetching data from a MySQL and sending it back as a XML. I’m using the Photos\_get method with Facebook API. It returns to Flash the XML documented below.

```auto

<photos_get_response xsi:schemaLocation="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/ http://api.facebook.com/1.0/facebook.xsd" list="true" xmlns="http://api.facebook.com/1.0/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <photo>
    <pid>350901787346009679</pid>
    <aid>350901787317680884</aid>
    <owner>81700689</owner>
    <src>http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/s81700689_30342735_3712.jpg</src>
    <src_big>http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/n81700689_30342735_3712.jpg</src_big>
    <src_small>http://photos-d.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/t81700689_30342735_3712.jpg</src_small>
    <link>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30342735&amp;id=81700689</link>
    <caption>kitty</caption>
    <created>1200793123</created>
  </photo>
  <photo>
    <pid>350901787346009680</pid>
    <aid>350901787317680884</aid>
    <owner>81700689</owner>
    <src>http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/s81700689_30342736_3866.jpg</src>
    <src_big>http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/n81700689_30342736_3866.jpg</src_big>
    <src_small>http://photos-a.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sctm/v170/20/52/81700689/t81700689_30342736_3866.jpg</src_small>
    <link>http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30342736&amp;id=81700689</link>
    <caption>doggy</caption>
    <created>1200793123</created>
  </photo>
</photos_get_response>

```

When you try to use the XML properties in AS3, its not correctly identifying nodes.  
Usually just taking the result and assigning it as a XMLList does the trick, but I have realized that doesn’t work with complex XML structures.  
Has anybody else had this issue? And knows how to fix it?  
I have put a attachment of the file so you can see the issue for youself.

For example if you load the file in AS3, then for example only want to get the ‘src\_big’ child values with a  
trace(photos.src\_big);  
It will return nothing or just return the whole photo child if you try to retrieve it from a XMLList