python read xml
from xml.dom import minidom # parse an xml file by name mydoc = minidom.parse('items.xml') items = mydoc.getElementsByTagName('item') # one specific item attribute print('Item #2 attribute:') print(items[1].attributes['name'].value) # all item attributes print('nAll attributes:') for elem in items: print(elem.attributes['name'].value) # one specific item's data print('nItem #2 data:') print(items[1].firstChild.data) print(items[1].childNodes[0].data) # all items data print('nAll item data:') for elem in items: print(elem.firstChild.data)