Print actual XPath using Python 2.7 ElementTree Library

Question

I have the following python code:

from xml.etree import ElementTree as et
from optparse import OptionParser
import ConfigParser
import fileinput, sys
import os


config_file = 'ClientConfig.xml'
tree = et.parse(config_file)
root = tree.getroot()

for element in root.findall("/client/config/TEST_CLIENT"):
    for elem in element.iter(tag='Item'):
        print elem.tag, elem.attrib

Is there a way for me to print the xpath directly for each element as opposed to rebuilding it using the elem.tag and elem.attrib options? That is, I want to be able to print each elements full xpath

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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You would need to use lxml.etree and getpath() method for it:

for element in root.findall("/client/config/TEST_CLIENT"):
    for elem in element.iter(tag='Item'):
        print(tree.getpath(elem))

edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

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answered Jul 27 '16 at 16:01

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This ended up being the solution. I was avoiding lxml but its far superior to ElementTree – Zee Jul 28 '16 at 20:22

Print actual XPath using Python 2.7 ElementTree Library

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