Pom Reports Directory

find_reports_dir.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import re

def find_reports_dir(pom_file):
    """ Return the report directory specified in the pom """
    # extract and set namespace
    root = ET.parse(pom_file).getroot()
    m = re.findall(r'{(.*?)}', root.tag)
    namespace = m[0] if m else ''
    ns = {'maven': namespace}

    # extract reportsDirectory
    xpath = 'maven:build/'\
            'maven:plugins/'\
            'maven:plugin/'\
            '[maven:artifactId="maven-surefire-plugin"]/'\
            'maven:configuration/'\
            'maven:reportsDirectory'
    plugin = root.find(xpath, ns)
    return None if plugin is None else plugin.text

# main
reports_dir = find_reports_dir('pom.xml')
print(reports_dir)