# How to read xml external file

**URL:** https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-xml-external-file/12473
**Category:** General
**Created:** [21 June 2019 21:21 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-xml-external-file/12473 "2019-06-21T21:21:45Z")
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### Author: ![knolleary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/knolleary/32/3_2.png) [@knolleary](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/knolleary)
#### Post date: [22 June 2019 21:01 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-read-xml-external-file/12473/5 "2019-06-22T21:01:35Z")

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Hi @sanserg - this post describes how to properly share code/flows in the forum so it gets formatted properly. Otherwise it may not be importable. [How to share code or flow json](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/how-to-share-code-or-flow-json/506)

And you can see it has stripped off all the XML tags, so your XML example isn't readable.

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