I'm trying to parse some XML data (Book titles, ISBN numbers and descriptions) with Python. Is there a *simple* way to import an XML file into a dictionary, list, or other usable data structure? I've poked around with minidom, elementtree, and "untangle" but am not really understanding how they are supposed to work.
Here's some sample data: <xml> <fields> <field> <name>Title</name> <id>2</id> <count>1</count> <type>11</type> <search>true</search> <hasnumber>false</hasnumber> </field> ...several more fields, then there are the items... </fields> <items> <item> <id>108</id> <data> <datum> <index>1</index> <field>2</field> <value>Essential System Administration</value> </datum> For starters, I'd like to be able to just print out the list of titles in the XML file, using the correct XML parser. I don't mind doing some research or reading on my own, but the official documentation seems terribly confusing to me. http://docs.python.org/library/xml.dom.minidom.html Any pointers? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
