Create an XML document

[Nis Jørgensen]

kyosohma at gmail.com skrev:
> Hi all,
> 
> I am attempting to create an XML document dynamically with Python. It
> needs the following format:
> 
> <zAppointments reminder="15">
> 	<appointment>
> 		<begin>1179775800</begin>
> 		<duration>1800</duration>
>         </appointment>
> </zAppointments>
> 
> I tried using minidom with the following code:
> 
> <code>
> 
> from xml.dom.minidom import Document
> 
> doc = Document()
> 
> zappt = doc.createElement('zAppointments')
> zappt.setAttribute('reminder', '15')
> doc.appendChild(zappt)
> 
> appt = doc.createElement('appointment')
> zappt.appendChild(appt)
> 
> begin = doc.createElement('begin')
> appt.appendChild(begin)
> f = file(r'path\to\file.xml', 'w')
> f.write(doc.toprettyxml(indent='    '))
> f.close()
> 
> </code>

> How do I get Python to put values into the elements by tag name? I can
> parse my documents just fine, but now I need to edit them and write
> them out to a file for an application I am working on. I am sure I am
> missing something obvious.

>From http://wiki.python.org/moin/MiniDom

Add an Element with Text Inside

Create & add an XML element to an XML document, the element has text inside.

ex: <foo>hello, world!</foo>


from xml.dom.minidom import parse

dom = parse("bar.xml")
x = dom.createElement("foo")  # creates <foo />
txt = dom.createTextNode("hello, world!")  # creates "hello, world!"
x.appendChild(txt)  # results in <foo>hello, world!</foo>
dom.childNodes[1].appendChild(x)  # appends at end of 1st child's \ children
print dom.toxml()