Python module that makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON.
xmltodict is a Python module that makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON
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Python Parse xml file using xmltodict and add it to list
I want to load and parse a xml file using xmltoDic and add it to a python list
my python file
import xmltodict
with open('input.xml') as fd:
my_dict= xmltodict.parse(fd.read())
entries = my_dict['Drivetrain']['Element']
elements=[]
for k in…
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attributes not appearing in xml2dict parse output even with xml_attribs = True
I am having a problem with python xmltodict. Following the near-consensus recommendation here, I tried xmltodict and liked it very much until I had to access attributes at the top level of my handler. I'm probably doing something wrong but it's not…
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Python extract values from list of OrderedDicts
I have parsed an XML file with xmltodict, and I have the discovered the path to the tag from which I wish to extract lat & long values to add to a dataframe. Here is a small sample:
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xmltodict fails on the first line of an xml file
This line in a python script:
result = xmltodict.parse('path/to/schema.xml', encoding='utf-8')
generates this error:
johnnyb@verahost ~/SignalDB $ python3 xmltest.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "xmltest.py", line 13, in
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xmltodict convert nonetype output to list
I have a basic example from xmltodict which closely follows the examples given on the project github page.
def handle(_, book):
print(book['title'])
return True
with open(r'C:\Users\u369811\books.xml', 'r') as f:
FILE = f.read()
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Using xmltodict for Python, how can I reference a non-specific XML property and change the value?
I have an xml file as such:
Is it possible, using xmltodict, to find…
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xmltodict: Not fetching correct nested elements
So I have an XML like that:
Amazon
..
1
Jhon
2
Jhon
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Sample XML of same structure parses differently to Full XML
I earlier posted a question on SO which contained abbreviated sample XML to allow testing, I edited the repetitious content of the XML to allow it to be posted.
The XML insert I posted was
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xmltodict after parse only 1 root key and all other data in 2nd key
Am I doing something wrong with importing with xmltodict. When I am importing the data I am receiving only 2 items the first the root level object and the 2nd the rest of the values.
In [58]: with open('20160305RAND0_edit.xml') as f:
....: my…
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Error with xmltodict
EDIT:
I can print rev['contributor'] for a while but then every try to access rev['contributor'] returns the following
TypeError: string indices must be integers
ORIGINAL POST:
I'm trying to extract data from an xml using xml to dict with the…
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Python: Get value with xmltodict
I have an XML-file that looks like this:
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python xml2dict complex xml
I have a huge and complex xml document that I wanted to parse into a dictionary (and later on into a db with sqlalchemy). I want to use xmltodict for this task.
However, it seems that xmltodict cannot parse deeply nested xml directly.
My MWE: …
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How to convert dict to suds complex suds type
I am trying to send a request to a soap server, using suds which should look like this:
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Improve parsing speed for xmltodict
I have a compressed FIXML ZIP file. I am trying to use xmltodict to parse its uncompressed file (~130MB uncompressed data) as follows, but the parsing takes about 3 mins:
with zipfile.ZipFile(ff, 'r') as fh:
infile = fh.read(fh.namelist()[0])
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File cannot be parsed and uploaded to Azure in the same function
I have this code snippet in Python/Flask where the user can upload multiple files and I want to parse the XML file first and then upload the file to Azure:
import xmltodict
def function1():
files = request.files.getlist("file")
for…
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