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Python XML & XSLT
1. Create and add elements

Python XML & XSLT

Create and add elements

from xml.dom.minidom import parseString

creating new document, and root element at the same time.

doc = parseString(u'<top/>'.encode('UTF-8'))

print doc.toprettyxml() will show you how it looks
this would create:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<top/>

Now we reference to our <top/> element by:

top_element=doc.documentElement

We create another element by:

element1=doc.createElementNS(None,u'section1')

Add it under our top element by:

top_element.appendChild(element1)

Create another element and add it under element1

element1.appendChild(doc.createElementNS(None,u'subsection1'))

How to create a text node:

text1=doc.createTextNode(u'My first text')

Since we have no reference to subsection1. We start at reference to element1

element1.firstChild.appendChild(text1)

add second subelement:

element1.appendChild(doc.createElementNS(None,u'subsection2'))

create next text element, and add it to subsection2

text2=doc.createTextNode(u'My second text')
element1.lastChild.appendChild(text2)

We are working with references. To switch text in subsections, you could do:

element1.firstChild.appendChild(text2)
element1.lastChild.appendChild(text1)

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