How to create an xml attribute with special characters using Python?

Question

I'm using python to create xml files, and I need to create the attribute xml:id

how can I do this?

Do you mean something like this <?xml version="1.0" ?> <root> <doc xml:id="value">Some text</doc> </root> — mvidovic
– mvidovic, Commented Apr 4, 2016 at 14:56

mvidovic · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-04 15:33:16Z

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Try using the xml.dom.minidom module

from xml.dom import minidom

doc = minidom.Document()

ele = doc.createElement("element")
doc.appendChild(ele)
ele.attributes['xml:id']= "something"

print (ele.toxml())

edited Apr 4, 2016 at 15:33

answered Apr 4, 2016 at 15:06

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Noro Over a year ago

well, I'm using lxml, and I specifically chose it because I need to create something like: <doc/>tail . Is this possible using dom??

mvidovic Over a year ago

do you mean a closing tag </doc> ?

Noro Over a year ago

no, I actually have tags like this <doc/> , just like <br/> in html

mvidovic Over a year ago

like this <element xml:id="something"/>

mvidovic Over a year ago

I have updated the answer, so try if it works for you.

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