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dom1.childNodes[1].appendNode(x) # append to children of 2nd node in "foo.xml" | dom1.childNodes[1].appendChild(x) # append to children of 2nd node in "foo.xml" |
Some notes on how to use xml.dom.minidom:
Then you can do things like:
1 dir( dom2 ) # get a list of things to do
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3 print dom2.toxml() # prints out "<?xml version="1.0" ?>..."
4 print dom2.nodeName # will return "#document"
5 print dom2.firstChild.nodeName # will return "myxml" because it's <myxml>...
6 print dom2.firstChild.nodeValue # it's None! (everything's in the children.)
7 print dom2.firstChild.hasChildNodes() # it's True.
8 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nodeName # will return "#text"
9 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nodeValue # will return "Some data"
10 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nodeName # will return "empty" because it's <empty/>
11 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nodeValue # it's None!
12 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.nodeName # will return "#text"
13 print dom2.firstChild.firstChild.nextSibling.nextSibling.nodeValue # will return " some mode data"
Examples of Use
- node.nodeName
- node.nodeValue
- node.childNodes
Import a Node
You can use DOM 2 "importNode" to take part of one XML document, and put it into another XML document.
Links
[http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.2/lib/module-xml.dom.minidom.html Python 13.7, xml.dom.minidom] -- API reference
[http://www.faqs.org/docs/diveintopython/kgp_divein.html#kgp.divein Dive into Python, Chapter 5] -- works almost entirely out of the minidom API