xmltodict_parse_xml_string_to_dict_and_unparse.py

1import xmltodict
2
3# Parse an XML string into a dictionary
4xml_string = """
5<mydocument has="an attribute">
6  <and>
7    <many>elements</many>
8    <many>more elements</many>
9  </and>
10  <plus a="complex">
11    element as well
12  </plus>
13</mydocument>
14"""
15
16doc = xmltodict.parse(xml_string)
17
18# Access data like a dictionary
19print(doc['mydocument']['@has'])      # u'an attribute'
20print(doc['mydocument']['and']['many']) # [u'elements', u'more elements']
21
22# Convert a dictionary back to XML
23print(xmltodict.unparse(doc, pretty=True))