The original library (http://github.com/quandyfactory/dict2xml/) Converts a native Python dictionary into an XML string. This is a hacky alteration to allow the library to generate invalid XML - Disgusting as this is, I needed it for a Git post-receive script
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Supports item (
int,float,bool,str,unicode,datetime) and collection (list,setanddict) data types with arbitrary nesting for the collections. Datetime objects are converted to ISO format strings. -
The root object passed into the
dict2xmlfunction can be any of the following data types:int,float,str,unicode,datetime,list,set,dict. -
To satisfy XML syntax, by default it wraps all the dict keys/elements and values in a
<root> ... </root>element. However, this can be disabled to create XML snippets. -
For lists of items, if each item is also a collection data type (
lists,dict), the elements of that item are wrapped in a generic<item> ... </item>element. -
Elements with an item data type (
int,float,bool,str,datetime,unicode) include atypeattribute with the data type. Note:datetimedata types are converted into ISO format strings, andunicodeanddatetimedata types get astrattribute - This can be disabled thanks to my hacks -
Elements with an unsupported data type raise a TypeError exception.
Download the tarballed installer - dict2xml-[VERSION].tar.gz - for this package from the dist directory and uncompress it. Then, from a terminal or command window, navigate into the unzipped folder and type the command:
python setup.py install
That should be all you need to do.
Once installed, import the library into your script and convert a dict into xml by running the dict2xml function:
>>> import dict2xml2
>>> xml = dict2xml2.dict2xml2(some_dict)
Alternately, you can import the dict2xml() function from the library.
>>> from dict2xml2 import dict2xml2
>>> xml = dict2xml2(some_dict)
That's it!
You can also enable debugging information.
>>> import dict2xml2
>>> dict2xml2.debug = True # the console will print debug information for each function as it executes.
>>> xml = dict2xml2.dict2xml2(some_object)
- Author: Ben Tasker
- Email: dict2xml2@bentasker.co.uk
- Repository: http://github.com/bentasker/dict2xml2
Copyright 2013 Ben Tasker
(Largely) Based on work by Ryan McGreal (c) 2012
Released under the GNU General Public Licence, Version 2:
See LICENSE