example: Locate xml element

extract_from_xml.py

def extract_files_from_xml(xml_element: etree.Element) -> list[BytesIO]:
    """Extract files from XML element"""

    output = []

    elements_with_file = ["bArray", "ByteArray"]

    for file_element in elements_with_file:

        # Locate element
        for element_with_file in xml_element.xpath(f'//*[local-name()="{file_element}"]'):

            print('element with file', element_with_file)

            # Add found element to output
            output.append(BytesIO(element_with_file))

    return output