[XML-SIG] Fwd: problem parsing msproject xml

[Dan Trevino]

Thanks I tried this, but:

>>> prjdoc = xml.dom.minidom.parse('prj.xml')
>>> tasklist = prjdoc.getElementsByTagName('Task')
>>> for task in tasklist:
...     taskname = task.getElementsByTagName('Name')
...     print taskname.firstChild.data
...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 3, in <module>
AttributeError: 'NodeList' object has no attribute 'firstChild'
>>>

On 7/31/07, Bill Kinnersley <billk at sunflower.com> wrote:
> Never used DOM and never written a line of Python, but maybe even I know
> the answer to this one!
>
> The minidom documentation suggests that instead of
>
>         print taskname
>
> you should be saying
>
>         print taskname.firstChild.data
>
>
> Bill K
>
> Dan Trevino wrote:
> > I'm trying to parse project xml.  The main thing i'm trying to get at
> > is the task name, which is basically in this structure:
> > <Task>
> >   <UID>1</UID>
> >   <Name>do step 1</Name>    <-- i want the text from here
> > ...
> > </Task>
> > <Resource>
> >   <Name>John Doe</Name>
> > ...
> > </Resource>
> >
> > I'm having difficulty figuring out which methods to use to access the
> > data.  I cant get to "Name" directly because it is used also for
> > project resources....so I need the task name specifically.  Where do I
> > go from here:
> >
> > ==============================
> >>>> prjdoc = minidom.parse('prj.xml')
> >>>> tasklist = prjdoc.getElementsByTagName("Task")
> >>>> for task in tasklist:
> > ...     taskname = task.getElementsByTagName('Name')
> > ...     print taskname
> > ...
> > []
> > [<DOM Element: Name at 0x5e89a08>]
> > [<DOM Element: Name at 0x5e99ad0>]
> > [<DOM Element: Name at 0x5eb00d0>]
> > [<DOM Element: Name at 0x5efb698>]
> > [<DOM Element: Name at 0x5f0dc60>]
> >
> > ================================
> > TIA,
> > dan
>
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