XML root node attributes

[Slafs]

Hi

I'm little confused about adding attributes to the root node when
creating an XML document.
Can I do this using minidom or something else.
I can't find anything that would fit my needs.

i would like to have something like this:
<?xml ... ?>
<root a="v" b="v2" c="v3">
<d ... > </d>
....
</root>

Please help.

Regards.

 

[Stefan Behnel]

Slafs, 17.11.2009 15:19:

I'm little confused about adding attributes to the root node when
creating an XML document.
Can I do this using minidom or something else.

Yes, you /can/, but you /should/ use something else.

I can't find anything that would fit my needs.

i would like to have something like this:
<?xml ... ?>
<root a="v" b="v2" c="v3">
<d ... > </d>
....
</root>

Use ElementTree:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.Element("root", dict(a='v', b='v2', c='v3'))
root.SubElement('d')

print ET.tostring(root)

Stefan

 

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Subject: XML root node attributes

Hi

I'm little confused about adding attributes to the root node when
creating an XML document.
Can I do this using minidom or something else.
I can't find anything that would fit my needs.

i would like to have something like this:
<?xml ... ?>
<root a="v" b="v2" c="v3">
<d ... > </d>
....
</root>

Please help.

Regards.
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Hi,

I'm sure someone will point out a better way to do it but yes, you can
do it with minidom.

from xml.dom.minidom import Document

doc = Document()

root = doc.createElement('root')
root.setAttribute('a', 'v')
root.setAttribute('b', 'v2')
root.setAttribute('c', '3')
doc.appendChild(root)

d = doc.createElement('d')
root.appendChild(d)

print doc.toprettyxml()

 

[Slafs]

Thanks

But this doesn't work. I've ended using something like this:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.Element("root", dict(a='v', b='v2', c='v3'))
n = ET.SubElement(root,'d')
tree = ET.ElementTree(root)
import sys
tree.write(sys.stdout)