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* [http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.dom.minidom.html Python Library Reference, xml.dom.minidom] -- API documentation * [http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_divein.html#kgp.divein Dive into Python, Chapter 5] -- works almost entirely out of the minidom API |
* [[http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xml.dom.minidom.html|Python Library Reference, xml.dom.minidom]] -- API documentation * [[http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_divein.html#kgp.divein|Dive into Python, Chapter 5]] -- works almost entirely out of the minidom API |
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Some notes on how to use xml.dom.minidom:
Examples of Use
- node.nodeName
- node.nodeValue
- node.childNodes
Find Elements
You can manually walk through the childNodes tree, comparing nodeNames.
You might be able to use getElementsByTagName as well:
getElementsByTagName, works recursively into the tree, I believe.
Add an Element
Create & add an XML element (Something like <foo />) to an XML document.
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>
1 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
2 dom = parse("bar.xml")
3 x = dom.createElement("foo") # creates <foo />
4 txt = dom.createTextNode("hello, world!") # creates "hello, world!"
5 x.appendChild(txt) # results in <foo>hello, world!</foo>
6 dom.childNodes[1].appendChild(x) # appends at end of 1st child's children
7 print dom.toxml()
Import a Node
You can use DOM 2 "importNode" to take part of one XML document, and put it into another XML document.
Links
Python Library Reference, xml.dom.minidom -- API documentation
Dive into Python, Chapter 5 -- works almost entirely out of the minidom API