Storing the details of questions

question_details.py

import os
import Utils
question_details = {}
top_dir = '/directory/with/your/site/data'

with open(os.path.join(top_dir, 'posts.xml')) as posts:
    for event, elem in etree.iterparse(posts):
        if Utils.getPostTypeId(elem) != "1":
            continue
        Id = Utils.getId(elem)
        
        acceptedId = Utils.getAcceptedId(elem)
        creationDate = Utils.getCreationDate(elem)
        answerCount = Utils.getAnswerCount(elem)
        ownerId = Utils.getOwner(elem)
        title = Utils.getTitle(elem)
        body = Utils.getBody(elem)
        tags = [t.lstrip('<').rstrip('>') for t in Utils.getTags(elem).split('><')]
        
        viewCount = Utils.getViewCount(elem)
        question_details[Id] = {"acceptedId": acceptedId, "creationDate": creationDate, "answerCount": answerCount, \
                                "ownerId": ownerId, "title": title, "body": body, "tags": tags, \
                                "viewCount": viewCount}