simple convert xml to json with lxml

xml2json.py

 from lxml import etree
 
 root = etree.fromstring(xml_str)
 
 def xml2json(self, root):
        children = root.findall('ResponseData/ResponseDataObject')[0]
        def recusiv(children):
            out = {}
            for child in list(children):
                if len(list(child)):
                    if child.tag not in out:
                        out[child.tag] = []
                    out[child.tag].append(recusiv(child))
                else:
                    out[child.tag] = child.text
            return out
        return recusiv(children)
'''
in fo
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 
<Response>
    <ResponseData>
        <ResponseDataObject>
            <leve1>
                <leve2>asd</leve2>
                <leve2a>1</leve2a>
                <leve2b>
                    <leve3>12</leve3>
                    <leve3a>12</leve3a>
                    <leve3b>12</leve3b>
                </leve2b>
                <level2c>500</level2c>
            </level1>
            <level1>
                <leve2>asd</leve2>
                <leve2a>1</leve2a> 
                <leve2b>
                    <leve3>12</leve3>
                    <leve3a>12</leve3a>
                    <leve3b>12</leve3b>
                </leve2b>
                <level2c>500</level2c>
            </level1>
        </ResponseDataObject>
    </ResponseData>
</Response>
from function
{
'level1': [{
    'leve2': 'asd',
    'leve2a': '1',
    'leve2b': [{
        'leve3': '12',
        'leve3a': '12',
        'leve3b': '12',
        }]
    'leve2c': '500',
    },{
    'leve2': 'asd',
    'leve2a': '1',
    'leve2b': [{
        'leve3': '12',
        'leve3a': '12',
        'leve3b': '12',
        }]
    'leve2c': '500',
    }]
}
'''