python sax example

#!/usr/bin/env python

from xml import sax
from xml.sax import ContentHandler

class XMLHandler(ContentHandler):
    def __init__(self):
        ContentHandler.__init__(self)
        
        self._buffer = ''
        
    def startElement(self, name, attrs):
        print name
        
    def endElement(self, name):
        print name
        self._buffer = ''
        
    def characters(self, c):
        self._buffer+= c
            
def get_today():
    
    p = sax.make_parser()
    h = XMLHandler()        
    p.setContentHandler(h)
    p.parse('http://example.com')