Reading an xml file and converting it to a string

Question

I would like to read an xml file then convert it to a string.

I tried the following:

et = ET.parse('file.xsd')
xml_str = ET.tostring(et, encoding='unicode')

But I'm getting the following error:

LookupError: unknown encoding: unicode

Does this answer your question? Converting a Python XML ElementTree to a String — ScottC
– ScottC, Commented Nov 22, 2022 at 10:58

ScottC · Accepted Answer · 2022-11-22 11:08:45Z

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Try:

xml_str = ET.tostring(et, encoding='utf-8')

or:

xml_str = ET.tostring(et).decode()

or

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from xml.etree.ElementTree import tostring

tree = ET.parse('file.xsd')
tree = tree.getroot()

xml_str = tostring(tree)
xml_str = xml_str.lower()
tree= ET.fromstring(xml_str)

edited Nov 22, 2022 at 11:08

answered Nov 22, 2022 at 11:01

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3 Comments

Sam12 Over a year ago

tried both. im getting the same error: 'ElementTree' object has no attribute 'tag'

Sam12 Over a year ago

yes............

ScottC Over a year ago

Ok - last try - try the third option.

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