A Basix example on creating xml, reading xml, manipulating xml, and xml io

python_xml_parser.py

# Author: Aaron Phalen | Twitter: @aaron_phalen | Email: [email protected]
# Example of parsing xml in python with various librarie: read, write, modify, io

try:
    import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
except:
    import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from xml.dom import minidom


# 1. Create Xml with ET
root = ET.Element("root")
ET.SubElement(root, "child1").text = "Child 1"
xml_doc = ET.tostring(root)

# Output
print xml_doc
# <root><child1>Child 1</child1></root>

xml = minidom.parseString(xml_doc) # minidom.parse(<filename>) for reading xml files
root = xml.getElementsByTagName("root")[0].firstChild.data

# Ouput 
print root
# 

child1 = root.getElementsByTagName("child1")[0].firstChild.data
# Output

# Note: Pythonistas claim xml.dom.minidom parse and parseString is heavy on memory use.
# Some alternatives include xml.etree and lxml. Examples to come soon!