Recently, I have been working on manipulating xmls and csvs using Python. I was amazed by how quick and easy it is manipulate these files in Python. In this article I cover the flexibility of the python and xml.etree.ElementTree API. Let us jump into it.<\/p>\n
Given a dictionary of words and meaning in multiple language. We want to manipulate the xml and add another meaning in French language for the word beauty.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The simplest approach is to find \/ reach the element of definition. <\/em>Then add a sub-element meaning\u00a0<\/em>to the definition. <\/em>This would look something like below.<\/p>\n This approach works great and provides the desired output.<\/p>\n However, when I was working on my real-life problem, the above code did not add the meaning <\/em>element for some reason. Hence, I started looking for another approach to solve my issue.<\/p>\n Another option is to add a new element meaning<\/em>, instead of a sub-element. Of course, the element will then need to added to another element. To achieve our requirement, we need to reach the definition <\/em>element and insert or append the meaning<\/em> element that we initially created. The below code summarizes this approach:<\/p>\n The code works as expected and generates the output similar to that of approach 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Recently, I have been working on manipulating xmls and csvs using Python. 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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET\r\n\r\n# Parse the XML file\r\ntree = ET.parse('sample.xml')\r\nroot = tree.getroot()\r\n\r\nbeauty_meaning_fr = \"La beaut\u00e9 est l'harmonie des formes et des couleurs qui \u00e9voque un sentiment d'\u00e9merveillement et d'admiration.\"\r\n\r\ndef_elements = root.findall('definition')\r\n\r\nfor definition in def_elements:\r\n word = definition.find('word')\r\n if word.text == 'beauty':\r\n new_meaning = ET.SubElement(definition, 'meaning')\r\n new_meaning.text = beauty_meaning_fr\r\n new_meaning.set('lang', 'fr-FR')\r\n\r\ntree.write('output.xml')<\/code><\/pre>\n<dictionary>\r\n <definition>\r\n <word lang=\"en-US\">beauty<\/word>\r\n <meaning lang=\"en-US\">\r\n a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight.\r\n <\/meaning>\r\n <meaning lang=\"fr-FR\">La beauté est l'harmonie des formes et des couleurs qui évoque un sentiment d'émerveillement et d'admiration.<\/meaning><\/definition>\r\n<\/dictionary><\/code><\/pre>\nApproach 2<\/h3>\n
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET\r\n\r\n# Parse the XML file\r\ntree = ET.parse('sample.xml')\r\nroot = tree.getroot()\r\n\r\nbeauty_meaning_fr = \"La beaut\u00e9 est l'harmonie des formes et des couleurs qui \u00e9voque un sentiment d'\u00e9merveillement et d'admiration.\"\r\n\r\ndef_elements = root.findall('definition')\r\n\r\nfor definition in def_elements:\r\n word = definition.find('word')\r\n if word.text == 'beauty':\r\n new_meaning = ET.Element(\"meaning\")\r\n new_meaning.text = beauty_meaning_fr\r\n new_meaning.set('lang', 'fr-FR')\r\n definition.append(new_meaning)\r\n\r\ntree.write('output1.xml')<\/code><\/pre>\n