Python XML

XML-Dateien mit Python erstellen

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
# vim: ai ts=4 sts=4 et sw=4

import os
from xml.dom.minidom import Document

class Product(object):
    """Example class"""
    def __init__(self, name, price):
        self.name = name
        self.price = price


if __name__ == '__main__':
    #create some products to export in our xml-feed   
    products = [ Product('house', '100000'), Product('horse', '1000') ]
    
    #create minidom document
    doc = Document()
    
    #create base element
    entries = doc.createElement('entries')
    doc.appendChild(entries)

    #create a <product> element for every product
    for prod in products:
        product = doc.createElement('product')
        entries.appendChild(product)

        #create a <name> element
        name = doc.createElement('name')

        #create a <price> element
        price = doc.createElement('price')
        
        #append created elements to <product> element
        product.appendChild(name)
        product.appendChild(price)

        #add values to appended elements
        name_content = doc.createTextNode(prod.name)
        price_content = doc.createTextNode(prod.price)
        name.appendChild(name_content)
        price.appendChild(price_content)

    #save XML to file
    datei = open('catalog.xml', 'w')
    datei.write(doc.toprettyxml(indent="    "))
    datei.close()