Parsing XML in Python: Typeerror: 'str' object is not callable

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I am trying to parse xml in python but I keep on getting this error: TypeError: 'str' object is not callable on line 10 "print("Date:", tree.find('date').text())"

My code is as follows:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

data = '''<person>
<date>Wednesday, Oct 14 2020 1:03AM</date>
<email hide="yes" />
<username>John Doe</username>
</person>'''


tree = ET.fromstring(data)
print("Date:", tree.find('date').text())
print("Email attr:", tree.find('email').get('hide'))

Thank you in advance.

date is of type xml.etree.ElementTree.Element and text is an attribute , not a function. Hence the error not callable. date.text will work instead of date.text() — srajan
– srajan, Commented Oct 24, 2020 at 9:01

Andrej Kesely · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-24 08:51:55Z

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Remove () after the .text:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

data = '''<person>
<date>Wednesday, Oct 14 2020 1:03AM</date>
<email hide="yes" />
<username>John Doe</username>
</person>'''


tree = ET.fromstring(data)
print("Date:", tree.find('date').text)  # <-- only `.text`
print("Email attr:", tree.find('email').get('hide'))

Prints:

Date: Wednesday, Oct 14 2020 1:03AM
Email attr: yes

answered Oct 24, 2020 at 8:51

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avarice · Accepted Answer · 2020-10-24 08:52:37Z

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You should remove the () after .text because this is an attribute not method:

print("Date:", tree.find('date').text)
print("Email attr:", tree.find('email').get('hide'))

answered Oct 24, 2020 at 8:52

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