xml-to-simple-dict.py

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import sys





# Main 
def process(stream, prefix) :
    items = []
    # Parse the XML
    tree = ET.parse(stream)
    start = 'TradeMark'
    # Get root element
    data = None
    for elem in tree.iter():
        print(elem.tag)
        if elem.tag.strip() == start:

            if data:
                items.append(dict(data))
            data = {}
        
        if data is not None and elem.text:
            
            t = elem.text.strip()
            if not elem.tag in data:
                data[elem.tag] = t
            else:
                data[elem.tag] = [data[elem.tag]] + [t]
    print(items[0])


    # Linearize


# Each argument is a file
args = sys.argv[1:]

# Loop on files
for filename in args :

    # Open the file
    file = open(filename)

    # If we process several files, prefix each one with its path
    if len(args) > 1 :
        prefix = filename + ":"
    else:
        prefix = ""

    # Process it
    process(file, prefix)