[XML-SIG] best way to parse a simple xml string?

[Michael Gilbert]

Hello again,

I think I found a way to accomplish my goal with minidom.  Is this the most
direct solution for my goal, or is there a simpler way?  Thanks again.

import xml.dom.minidom

document = '<user first="jean" last="valjean" dob="17290101" children="1"
hobby="stealing bread" />'

dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(document)

t = dom.getElementsByTagName("user")[0]

if t.hasAttributes():
    for cnt in range(0, t.attributes.length):
        if t.attributes.item(cnt).nodeName == "hobby":
            print 'hobby = ' + t.attributes.item(cnt).nodeValue

On 12/23/05, Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I appologize for positing such a trivial question, but I am having trouble
> decrypting the python XML documentation.
>
> I am parsing a relatively simple strings, each of which consist of a
> single xml tag.  For example:
>
> <user first="jean" last="valjean" dob="17290101" children="1"
> hobby="stealing bread" />
>
> What is the best way to determine only the user's hobby?  pulldom, sax,
> something else?  is there guidance on using xml tools for single tags?  This
> is what I have so far
>
>   from xml.dom.pulldom import *
>   a = parseString('<user first="jean" last="valjean" dob="17290101"
> children="1" hobby="stealing bread" />')
>
> I've tried getEvent() and expandNode(), but am not getting any closer to
> accessing the content in the string.  What are your suggestions on the best
> way to retrieve the hobby?  Thank you very much any help.
>
> Hope you all have a happy holiday,
> Mike Gilbert
>
>
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