xpath is not a function

[ajmichels]

When I look in your examples in the README file I see the following line:

select = require("xml-crypto").xpath

However, when I use this code I get an error about select not being a function. When I look into the code it appears that xpath is not being exported so select is undefined.

Is this a mistake in the example or a mistake in the code. I am seeing a lot of other issues where people are using require("xml-crypto").xpath but seemingly not having the same issue I am. I tried to look through the commit history to see if maybe it was being exported in a previous version but I didn't spot it (yet). Maybe I am just doing something wrong, not sure.

[markstos]

Looking at the xml-crypto docs, there is an indeed a method named xpath.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/xml-crypto

You should review the versions of passort-saml, node-saml, xml-crypto and xpath that you are using. If you are reading docs online, you may viewing docs for a different version of one of these modules than what you are actually running.

[ajmichels]

I am reading the docs for version 6.1.2, the same page that you linked to. I am running that code. I am not using passport-saml, node-saml, or xpath directly.

I just tested with a brand new project.

1. npm init
2. npm install --save xml-crypto
3. node ./index.js with the following code:

const select = require("xml-crypto").xpath;
console.log(select);

The output is undefined.

[ajmichels]

Here is the specific line of documentation for xml-crypto that I am looking at. Which is in version 6.1.2

xml-crypto/README.md

Line 165 in ef8ba25

var select = require("xml-crypto").xpath,

[ajmichels]

Looks like I am not the first person to notice this. I had looked in issues for other people having this problem but I did not look in discussions. #496