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Understanding this namespace workaround for parsing XML with JQuery

I've been struggling with how to pull the text from inside a tag that contains a colon in an XML file (my original question is here). In my specific case, I'm working with the Google Picasa API and trying to grab the "gphoto:id" tag. This was wasn't working:

var albumId = $(this).children('gphoto:id').text();

I found the answer to my problem here, but I'm unfamiliar with the JQuery syntax used to fix the problem:

$('[nodeName=rs:data],data')

or, in the context of my question:

var albumId = $(this).find('[nodeName=gphoto:id]').text();

Can someone provide some insight into this workaround?

Solution

  • Figured it out. This uses the Attribute Equals Selector.