Hello,
I am new to xml in python, but not new to python. After searching for
quite a bit, I can't seem to find the answer to this easy coding problem.
I have a xml file that i need to find an element with id = 2 extract
second child from it, and pass it on to the rest of my program.
How can i do it in "<10" lines of code in python?
--sample-File------default.xml--
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<response id="1">
<category>out</category>
<text>Hello,
I'm out of office...etc..
</text>
</response>
<response id="2">
<category>in</category>
<text>Hello,
I'm in the office...etc..
</text>
</response>
---python --
# I found most of the info/how to on minidom, so I assume minidom is the
best choice here
from xml.dom import minidom, Node
#parse a file,
doc=minidom.parse('default.xml')
# find attribute
.....and here I find myself reading tons of how to, but can't seem to
find what i'm looking for. .
#how can i do something like: (please correct me here)
for x in doc.nodeList:
if x.attribute.get('id')==2:
pass_it_on = ???? #How do I get to <text> and extract it as
string?
---------EOF------
Thanks for the help
Lucas
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