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How to parse XML in Python

asked 9 months, 1 week ago 1256 views 1 answer

I need to read and parse XML files in Python. What is the best approach?

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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# Parse XML file
tree = ET.parse('data.xml')
root = tree.getroot()

# Parse XML string
root = ET.fromstring(xml_string)

# Find elements
for child in root:
    print(child.tag, child.attrib)

# Find specific elements
for item in root.findall('.//item'):
    name = item.find('name').text
    print(name)

# Using XPath
elements = root.findall('.//item[@type="book"]')

fatima_dev Silver answered 9 months, 1 week ago

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