XML Parsers collection using Element Tree and BeautifulSoup.

XMLParser.py

"""
Info: XML Parser using Element Tree and BeautifulSoup.
Author: Haseeb Mir.
Date: 05/26/2022
"""

#Import the Package modules.
import xml.etree.ElementTree as xml
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

#XML Users data file.
users_file = 'Users.xml'

#Read file with exception handling.
def read_file(filename:str,lines:bool=False,mode:str='r'):
    data = ""
    try:
        fp = open(filename,mode=mode)
        if not lines:
            data = fp.read()
        else:
            data = fp.readlines()
        fp.close()
    except Exception as e:
        print("Exception occured : " + str(e))
    return data

#XML Parser using Element Tree. Returns root element if found.
def xml_parser(xml_file:str,xml_root:str):
    try:
        tree = xml.parse(xml_file)
        root = tree.getroot()
        root_element = root.findall(xml_root)
        return root_element
    except Exception as e:
        print("Exception occured while parsing: " + str(e))

#XML Parser using Element beautifulSoup. Returns root element if found.
def xml_parser_soup(xml_file:str,xml_root:str):
    try:
        contents = read_file(xml_file)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(contents, 'xml')
        root_element = soup.find_all(xml_root)
        return root_element
    except Exception as e:
        print("Exception occured while parsing: " + str(e))
        
#Main Method.
if __name__ == '__main__':
    try:        
        #Get the data from XML parser.
        users = xml_parser(users_file,'user') 

        #Iterate through root element.
        for user in users:
            print(user.find('country').text)
            print(user.find('city').text)

    except Exception as e:
        print("Exception occured : " + str(e))

Users.xml file:

<users-info>

<user>

<name>Abdul</name>

<city>London</city>

<country>England</country>

</user>

<user>

<name>Ahmed</name>

<city>Istanbul</city>

<country>Turkey</country>

</user>

<user>

<name>Mohammed</name>

<city>Cairo</city>

<country>Egypt</country>

</user>

</users-info>