Function main

Ch5 - Internet Data/xmlparsing_finished.py:9–31

()

import xml.dom.minidom

def main():
    # use the parse() function to load and parse an XML file
    doc = xml.dom.minidom.parse("samplexml.xml")
    
    # print out the document node and the name of the first child tag
    print (doc.nodeName)
    print (doc.firstChild.tagName)
    
    # get a list of XML tags from the document and print each one
    skills = doc.getElementsByTagName("skill")
    print ("%d skills:" % skills.length)
    for skill in skills:
        print (skill.getAttribute("name"))
      
    # create a new XML tag and add it into the document
    newSkill = doc.createElement("skill")
    newSkill.setAttribute("name", "jQuery")
    doc.firstChild.appendChild(newSkill)

    skills = doc.getElementsByTagName("skill")
    print ("%d skills:" % skills.length)
    for skill in skills:
        print (skill.getAttribute("name"))
        
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()