Convert xml to dict

etree_to_dict.py

from collections import defaultdict
import functools
from lxml import etree

def etree_to_dict(t, ns=None):
    """
    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2148119/how-to-convert-an-xml-string-to-a-dictionary-in-python
    """
    def strip_ns(tag):
        if ns:
            return tag.replace('{%s}' % ns, '')
        return tag


    d = {strip_ns(t.tag): {} if t.attrib else None}
    children = list(t)
    if children:
        dd = defaultdict(list)
        for dc in map(functools.partial(etree_to_dict, ns=ns), children):
            for k, v in dc.iteritems():
                dd[k].append(v)
        d = {strip_ns(t.tag): {k:v[0] if len(v) == 1 else v for k, v in dd.iteritems()}}
    if t.attrib:
        d[strip_ns(t.tag)].update(('@' + k, v) for k, v in t.attrib.iteritems())
    if t.text:
        text = t.text.strip()
        if children or t.attrib:
            if text:
              d[strip_ns(t.tag)]['#text'] = text
        else:
            d[strip_ns(t.tag)] = text
    return d