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Example parsing XML with lxml.objectify

Date: July 19, 2011 | Tags: python | 1 Comment

Example run with lxml 2.3, Python 2.6.6 on Ubuntu 10.10

from lxml import objectify

xml = '''
<dataset>
  <statusthing>success</statusthing>
  <datathing gabble="sent">joe@email.com</datathing>
  <datathing gabble="not sent"></datathing>
</dataset>
'''

root = objectify.fromstring(xml)

print root.tag
print root.text
print root.attrib
# dataset
# None
# {}

print root.statusthing.tag
print root.statusthing.text
print root.statusthing.attrib
# statusthing
# success
# {}

for e in root.datathing:
    print e.tag
    print e.text
    print e.attrib
    print e.attrib['gabble']
# datathing
# joe@email.com
# {'gabble': 'sent'}
# sent
# datathing
# None
# {'gabble': 'not sent'}
# not sent

for e in root.getchildren():
    print e.tag
# statusthing
# datathing
# datathing

for e in root.iterchildren():
    print e.tag
# statusthing
# datathing
# datathing

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#1 Alvin Mites commented on 2011-09-16:

Thank you for the post, seems I end up referencing your blog quite a bit via Google.

Your examples are consistently simple and to the point.

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