I am trying to parse the XML response and want to create the records only when url is present but when i am trying to create the record then i am getting the below error "Line: 83, Column: 1 System.NullPointerException: Attempt to de-reference a null object" XML Response:- <retours> <flux> <id>WStt3vWBFAW8K6R4luSRkdW</id> <retour> <publication>20180917114832</publication> <production>20180917114832</production> <nature>10</nature> <statut>OK</statut> <id>HJHyKLwgjl</id> <url>https://telechargement1.com</url> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917114838</publication> <production>20180917114838</production> <nature>11</nature> <statut>OK</statut> <id>HrpiyLwmcA</id> <url>https://telechargement2.com</url> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917122432</publication> <production>20180917122429</production> <nature>20</nature> <statut>ANO</statut> <id>LGvyKMYgpB</id> <url>https://telechargement3.com</url> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917123004</publication> <production>20180917123004</production> <nature>21</nature> <statut>OK</statut> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917115235</publication> <production>20180917114839</production> <nature>60</nature> <statut>OK</statut> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917115240</publication> <production>20180917114839</production> <nature>61</nature> <statut>OK</statut> <id>FbhiyL0pPh</id> <url>https://telechargement4.com</url> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180917120305</publication> <production>20180917115540</production> <nature>70</nature> <statut>OK</statut> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180927135502</publication> <production>20180924140025</production> <nature>71</nature> <statut>OK</statut> <id>JKiyUN3CCI</id> <url>https://telechargement5.net-entreprises.com</url> </retour> <retour> <publication>20180922070825</publication> <production>20180922061355</production> <nature>94</nature> <statut>OK</statut> <id>KN3TeHIZ5X</id> <url>https://pascrm6.net-entreprises.com</url> </retour> </flux> </retours> Below is my Apex code with line causing the error:- List<DSN_retours__c> DsnRetourstoCreate=new List<DSN_retours__c>(); for(Dom.XmlNode fluxNode: doc.getRootElement().getChildElements()) { for(Dom.XmlNode fluxChildNode: fluxNode.getChildElements()) { if(fluxChildNode.getName() == 'retour') { DSN_retours__c dsnretous=new DSN_retours__c(Name='Abc',Entete_DSN__c=dsnheadermap[0].id, URL_telechargement_retour__c=fluxChildNode.getChildElement('url',null).getText(), //// **This line is causing the error** Nature_retour__c=fluxChildNode.getChildElement('nature',null).getText(), Statut_retour__c=fluxChildNode.getChildElement('statut',null).getText(), Identifiant_retour__c= fluxChildNode.getChildElement('id',null).getText() ); DsnRetourstoCreate.add(dsnretous); } } } System.debug('DSNRetourstoCreate size--->'+DsnRetourstoCreate.size()); //insert DsnRetourstoCreate; //system.debug('urls.size--->'+urls.size()); } else{ System.debug('The status code returned was not expected: ' + response1.getStatusCode() + ' ' + response1.getStatus()); System.debug(response1.getBody()); } I want to create the record in which Url is present if url tag is not present then it should skip the record creation