Using lxml to convert XML into python objects

lxml_convert_xml_to_obj.py

# You'll need lxml, install it like this:
# $ pip install lxml
# Import objectify from lxml
from lxml import objectify

# Open the XML file in question
f = open('/path/to/xml/file.xml', 'r')

#Ensure the file is ready for parsing
f.seek(0)

# Convert XML into python object tree
root = objectify.fromstring(f.read())

# Now root.tag_name will create a list of all tags with that name
# Here's how you iterate through a list of '<episode>' tags
for episode in root.episode:
    # And print the value of a tag named '<start_time>' found within each '<episode>' tag
    print episode.start_time

and still a DOM under the hood, worthless

and still a DOM under the hood, worthless

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