1 from xml.dom.minidom import parse, parseString
   2 
   3 dom1 = parse( "foaf.rdf" )   # parse an XML file
   4 dom2 = parseString( "<myxml>Some data <empty/> some more data</myxml>" )
   5 print dom1.toxml()
   6 print dom2.toxml()

   1 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
   2 dom = parse("foo.xml")
   3 for node in dom.getElementsByTagName('bar'):  # visit every node <bar />
   4     print node.toxml()

   1 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
   2 dom = parse("bar.xml")
   3 x = dom.createElement("foo")  # creates <foo />
   4 dom.childNodes[1].appendChild(x)  # appends at end of 1st child's children
   5 print dom.toxml()

   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()

   1 from xml.dom.minidom import parse
   2 dom1 = parse("foo.xml")
   3 dom2 = parse("bar.xml")
   4 x = dom1.importNode(dom2.childNodes[1],  # take 2nd node in "bar.xml"
   5                     True)  # deep copy
   6 dom1.childNodes[1].appendChild(x)  # append to children of 2nd node in "foo.xml"
   7 print dom1.toxml()