How to create an xml attribute xml:id using Python?

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I'm using python to create xml files, and I need to create an attribute like this

<element xml:id="something"/> some text

I specifically used lcml because I need some text after the unique tag, I couldn't do it using DOM. If this is possible using DOM it would be great. how can I do this?

Rudziankoŭ · Answer 1 · 2016-04-05T08:51:44.860

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For adding attribute you should be doing:

import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
ET.SubElement(root,'element').set('xml:id','something')

For adding text:

tree = ET.parse('country_data.xml')
root = tree.getroot()
for element in root.findall('element'):
    element.text = str("some text")
tree.write('output.xml')

The Etree documentation shows usage.

edited Apr 05 '16 at 08:51

answered Apr 05 '16 at 08:08

Rudziankoŭ

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see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18796280/set-attribute-to-element-in-python – Rudziankoŭ Apr 05 '16 at 08:09
well, I still need to write some text after the tag: texttexttext – Noro Apr 05 '16 at 08:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '16 at 09:10

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You should use tail property:

etree_element.tail = ' some text'

answered Apr 05 '16 at 09:10

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How to create an xml attribute xml:id using Python?

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