XML creation from a Dictionary in Python

Question

I am quite new to XML as well as Python, so please overlook . I am trying to unpack a dictionary straight into XML format. My Code Fragment is as follows:

from xml.dom.minidom import Document
def make_xml(dictionary):
    doc = Document()
    result = doc.createElement('result')
    doc.appendChild(result)    

    for key in dictionary:
        attrib = doc.createElement(key)
        result.appendChild(attrib)
        value = doc.createTextNode(dictionary[key])
        attrib.appendChild(value)

    print doc

I expected an answer of the format

<xml>
 <result>
  <attrib#1>value#1</attrib#1>
   ...

However all I am getting is

<xml.dom.minidom.Document instance at 0x01BE6130>

Please help

user2665694 · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-22 14:11:51Z

1

You have not checked the

http://docs.python.org/library/xml.dom.minidom.html

docs.

Look at the toxml() or prettyprettyxml() methods.

answered Jun 22, 2011 at 14:11

user2665694

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

watzon · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-10 01:04:55Z

0

You can always use a library like xmler which easily takes a python dictionary and converts it to xml. Full disclosure, I created the package, but I feel like it will probably do what you need.

Also feel free to take a look at the source.

answered Aug 10, 2016 at 1:04

watzon

2,5893 gold badges37 silver badges67 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

XML creation from a Dictionary in Python

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

2 Answers 2

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related