Function Similar to importxml in Excel?

Question

I love using Google Docs function =importxml() but would love to know if there was anything like it in Excel 2010? I cant seem to find a way for the program to automatically

Answer 1

You will need to write your own UDF.

One way would be to use the MSXML2 library, something like this:

Function GetData(sName As String, sItem As String, Optional sURL = "") As Variant
    Dim oHttp As New MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
    Dim xmlResp As MSXML2.DOMDocument60
    Dim result As Variant
    On Error GoTo EH

    If sURL = "" Then
        sURL = "http://util.eveuniversity.org/xml/itemLookup.php?name="
    End If

    'open the request and send it'
    oHttp.Open "GET", sURL & sName, False
    oHttp.Send

    'get the response as xml'
    Set xmlResp = oHttp.responseXML
    ' get Item'
    GetData = xmlResp.getElementsByTagName(sItem).Item(0).Text

    ' Examine output of these in the Immediate window'
    Debug.Print sName
    Debug.Print xmlResp.XML

CleanUp:
    On Error Resume Next
    Set xmlResp = Nothing
    Set oHttp = Nothing
Exit Function
EH:
    GetData = CVErr(xlErrValue)
    GoTo CleanUp
End Function

Call it like this (where A5 contains the required typeName)

=GetData(A5, "typeID")