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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)

lxml read xml

from lxml import etree
 
root = etree.parse('W2Testfile.xml')
sub = root.xpath('//SubmissionId')[0]
print(sub.text)
for tag in root.xpath('//DependentRelationshipCd'):
    print(tag.text)