python parse xml string

Question

I'm trying to parse data from a website and cannot print the data.

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from urllib import urlopen

link = urlopen('http://weather.aero/dataserver_current/httpparam?dataSource=metars&requestType=retrieve&format=xml&stationString=KSFO&hoursBeforeNow=1')

tree = ET.parse(link)
root = tree.getroot()

data = root.findall('data/metar')
for metar in data:
    print metar.find('temp_c').text

How would I go about parsing the sky condition? 1) The string is conditional based on the weather so it/s always changing. 2) It's not like temp_c and temp_f, all the sky conditions are in one field name. — Savvis
– Savvis, Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 6:20

iMom0 · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-23 02:38:13Z

2

It is case sensitive:

data = root.findall('data/METAR')

answered Oct 23, 2012 at 2:38

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gecco Over a year ago

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