I have some XML code from that I need parts being put into a simple hash (see below).

The following small ruby snippet does exactly this.

Only thing that’s not working is the “inner_xml” part. I personally don’t need it but your mileage may vary and you may want to fix the issue (and give me a note)

require 'rubygems'
require 'hpricot'
require 'pp'

text = <<eof
<payment>
		<vat>
			<pay_vat>0</pay_vat>
			<vat_id/>
		</vat>
		<creditcard>
			<type>master</type>
			<holder>Franz Fluchsfinger</holder>
			<company/>
			<no>52660xxxxxxxxxxx79</no>
			<kpn/>
			<valid_until>09/10</valid_until>
			<data>Just some data</data>
			<xml_for_demo><inner_xml>inner text</inner_xml></xml_for_demo>
			<signature>a5f4e2shortened4b1e523ca873837c8f1c9ea66ee1924d</signature>
		</creditcard>
</payment>
eof

xml =Hpricot.XML(text)
a= xml/"creditcard/*"
h={}
a.each {|b|
	h[b.name] = b.inner_text if b.is_a? Hpricot::Elem
}
pp h	

result:

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Btw.: I found the solution partly on http://railsforum.com/viewtopic.php?id=22055