xml_parsing_example.py

from xml.etree import ElementTree

tree = ElementTree.fromstring(
"""<?xml version="1.0"?>
<result>
    <mediaid>[MediaID]</mediaid>
    <source>[SourceFile]</source>
    <status>[MediaStatus]</status>
    <description>[ ErrorDescription]</description> <!-- Only in case of Status = Error -->
    <format>
        <output>[OutputFormat]</output>
        <destination>[DestFile]</destination> <!-- Only in case of Status = Finished -->
        <status>[TaskStatus]</status>
        <description>[ErrorDescription]</description> <!-- Only in case of Status = Error -->
        <suggestion>[ErrorSuggestion]</suggestion> <!-- Only in case of Status = Error -->
    </format>
</result>
""")


print tree.findtext('mediaid')
print tree.findtext('source')
print tree.findtext('status')
print tree.findtext('format/description')