How to create an xml attribute xml:id using Python?

Question

I'm using python to create xml files, and I need to create an attribute like this

<element xml:id="something"/> some text

I specifically used lcml because I need some text after the unique tag, I couldn't do it using DOM. If this is possible using DOM it would be great. how can I do this?

Rudziankoŭ · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-05 08:51:44Z

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For adding attribute you should be doing:

import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
ET.SubElement(root,'element').set('xml:id','something')

For adding text:

tree = ET.parse('country_data.xml')
root = tree.getroot()
for element in root.findall('element'):
    element.text = str("some text")
tree.write('output.xml')

The Etree documentation shows usage.

edited Apr 5, 2016 at 8:51

answered Apr 5, 2016 at 8:08

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Rudziankoŭ Over a year ago

see stackoverflow.com/questions/18796280/…

Noro Over a year ago

well, I still need to write some text after the tag: <element xml:id="something"/> texttexttext

apr · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-05 09:10:46Z

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You should use tail property:

etree_element.tail = ' some text'

answered Apr 5, 2016 at 9:10

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