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I need to be able to separate child nodes and apply logic

my XML Source: https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/decodevin/ZPBUA1ZLXKLA00941?format=xml

For some reason the text values are concatenating but I want them to be broken out by the Node name and value.  I put notes in the code.  The Code DOES work just not how I need it.

  
<%

url = "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/decodevin/ZPBUA1ZLXKLA00941?format=xml"
     
     ' add a BASE HREF tag
     Dim xmldoc
     dim xmlhttp 
      
     Response.write "<BASE HREF='" & url & "'><P>" & url  & "<P>"
    
     
     set xmlhttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
     Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") 
     xmlhttp.open "GET", url, false 
     xmlhttp.send ""
          'response.write xmlhttp.responsetext
          
          xmlDoc.async = False
          bresult=xmlDoc.loadxml(xmlhttp.responsetext)
       
       State = ""
        ' WORKS ...Set NodeList = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("*")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/*")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/*")
   Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/DecodedVariable")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/DecodedVariable/*")






        For Each Node in NodeList




         'I NEED SOME SORT OF LOGIC HERE
	           If Node.tagName = "VariableId" Then		        
		        ' response.write Node.tagName & "<br>"	
		        ' Do Something LOGIC	       
	           End If  

           'I NEED SOME SORT OF LOGIC HERE
               'If Node.tagName("VariableId") = 156 then

               'End if






	        response.write "TagName: " &  Node.tagName & "<br>"	  
                response.write("Node.text :" & Node.text & "<br>") 
                response.write("Node.baseName :" & Node.baseName & "<br>") 
                response.write("Node.nodeName:" & Node.nodeName & "<br>") 
                response.write("Node.nodeType:" & Node.nodeType & "<br>") 
                response.write("Node.nodeValue:" & Node.nodeValue & "<br>")
        

	      
        Next
       
      
       set xmlhttp = nothing
%>

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Current Output snippet
TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :142Suggested VIN
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:




TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :143Error Code00 - VIN decoded clean. Check Digit (9th position) is correct
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:




TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :144Possible Values
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:




TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :156Additional Error Text
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:




TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :10Destination Market17U.S.
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:




TagName: DecodedVariable
Node.text :26Make502LAMBORGHINI
Node.baseName :DecodedVariable
Node.nodeName:DecodedVariable
Node.nodeType:1
Node.nodeValue:

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Scott FellDeveloper
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Commented:
This worked for me. I adapted from an older solution I have here https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/27579097/How-to-receive-a-webservice-in-classic-ASP.html

I am accessing the data you are looking for using, node.getElementsByTagName("VariableId").Item(0).Text
  
<%

url = "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/decodevin/ZPBUA1ZLXKLA00941?format=xml"
     
     ' add a BASE HREF tag
     Dim xmldoc
     dim xmlhttp 
      
     Response.write "<BASE HREF='" & url & "'><P>" & url  & "<P>"
    
     
     set xmlhttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
     Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM") 
     xmlhttp.open "GET", url, false 
     xmlhttp.send ""
          'response.write xmlhttp.responsetext
          
          xmlDoc.async = False
          bresult=xmlDoc.loadxml(xmlhttp.responsetext)
		  
		  response.write bresult
       
       State = ""
        ' WORKS ...Set NodeList = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("*")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/*")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/*")
   Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/DecodedVariable")
        'Set NodeList = xmlDoc.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/DecodedVariable/*")






        For Each Node in NodeList


			response.write "<hr>"

			'I NEED SOME SORT OF LOGIC HERE
	           If Node.tagName = "VariableId" Then		        
		        ' response.write Node.tagName & "<br>"	
		        ' Do Something LOGIC	       
	           End If  

			'I NEED SOME SORT OF LOGIC HERE
               'If Node.tagName("VariableId") = 156 then

               'End if

			response.write node.getElementsByTagName("VariableId").Item(0).Text &"<br>"
			VariableId = node.getElementsByTagName("VariableId").Item(0).Text
			if cint(VariableId) = 156 then 
				response.write "********** FOUND ***********"
			end if

			
			
			

				'response.write "TagName: " &  Node.tagName & "<br>"	  
                'response.write("Node.text :" & Node.text & "<br>") 
                'response.write("Node.baseName :" & Node.baseName & "<br>") 
                'response.write("Node.nodeName:" & Node.nodeName & "<br>") 
                'response.write("Node.nodeType:" & Node.nodeType & "<br>") 
                'response.write("Node.nodeValue:" & Node.nodeValue & "<br>")
				
				response.write "<hr>"
        

	      
        Next
       
      
       set xmlhttp = nothing
%>

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ste5anSenior Developer
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Cause you don't parse the single elements. The .text property does return all text from the node. Thus you need to parse for the single values, e.g. something like

<%
  Sub OutputNode(ANode)
    Response.write "TagName: " &  ANode.tagName & "<br>"
    Response.write("Node.text :" & ANode.text & "<br>")
    Response.write("Node.baseName :" & ANode.baseName & "<br>")
    Response.write("Node.nodeName:" & ANode.nodeName & "<br>")
    Response.write("Node.nodeType:" & ANode.nodeType & "<br>")
    Response.write("Node.nodeValue:" & ANode.nodeValue & "<br>")
  End Sub

  Sub ParseDocument(ADocument)
    For Each Node in ADocument.documentElement.selectNodes("/Response/Results/DecodedVariable")
      OutputNode Node.selectSingleNode("VariableId")
      OutputNode Node.selectSingleNode("Variable")
      OutputNode Node.selectSingleNode("ValueId")
      OutputNode Node.selectSingleNode("Value")
    Next
  End Sub

  Function RetrieveXml(AUrl)
    Dim xmldoc
    Dim xmlhttp

    Response.write "<BASE HREF='" & Aurl & "'><P>" & Aurl  & "<P>"
    Set xmlhttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
    Set xmlDoc = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM")
    xmlhttp.open "GET", AUrl, false
    xmlhttp.send ""
    xmlDoc.async = False
    xmlDoc.loadxml(xmlhttp.responsetext)
    Set xmlhttp = nothing
    Set RetrieveXml = xmlDoc
  End Function

  Dim url
  Dim document

  url = "https://vpic.nhtsa.dot.gov/api/vehicles/decodevin/ZPBUA1ZLXKLA00941?format=xml"
  document = RetrieveXml(url)
  ParseDocument document
%>

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Kristen JonesGIS/APP Dev

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Commented:
Thanks Scott, but how do I get the node names and values from the child nodes of DecodedVariable?  for example I can identify the VariableID below at 142 so if my logic find this, then I need to be able to get the Variable value too

<DecodedVariable>
<VariableId>142</VariableId>
<Variable>Suggested VIN</Variable>
<ValueId/>
<Value/>
</DecodedVariable>
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Thanks guys,  That exactly what I was looking for Scott!

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