> No, what's xpath? ... Hmm, Parnassus lists three xpath packages > (xml_indexer, > a 4Suite tool, and PyXPath). Which do you recommend? > http://www.vex.net/parnassus/apyllo.py?so=d&find=xpath
XPath defines a W3C standard syntax for pulling information out of an XML document. We use 4Suite, they've been around a long time and have some really nice stuff. I don't know about the others, they may be just as good. Spend 2 minutes here and you'll know the XPath syntax. http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XPathTutorial/Output/example1.html Or read the boring parts here :) http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath ## Some random code from my library that may give you a little head start. v = self.value LoanAmount = v('/report/subject/transaction/sale[1]/trust_deed_amount') from Ft.Lib.pDomlette import PyExpatReader, Node from xml import xpath from xml.dom import ext class XPathUtil: def node(self,path,contextNode=None): if contextNode == None: contextNode = self._dom nodes = xpath.Evaluate(path, contextNode=contextNode) return nodes[0] def value(self,path): """ Return the text inside the element specified by the xpath. For now assume the xpath returns a single node. """ nodes = xpath.Evaluate(path, contextNode=self._dom) text = "" node = nodes[0] if len(node.childNodes): for child in node.childNodes: if child.nodeType == Node.TEXT_NODE: text = text + child.data.strip() # we have to convert Unicode to text.. return str(text) _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
