Python: Creating XML documents

It was incredibly simple to create XML structure in Python.

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01.from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element

02.from xml.etree import ElementTree

03. 

04.# Build the XML

05.root = Element("products")

06.root.set('matches', "15")

07.root.set('search_query', "whatever I searched for")

08. 

09.for p in products:

10.  element = Element('product')

11.  element.set('name', p.name)

12.  element.set('brand', p.brand)

13.  element.set('price', "%s" % p.price) # Convert numbers to strings

14.  root.append(element)

15. 

16.  similar = Element('similar')

17.  for sp in p.similar:

18.    similar_element = Element('similar_product')

19.    similar_element.set('id', "%s" % sp.id)

20.    similar_element.set('name', sp.name)

21.    similar_element.set('brand', sp.brand)

22.    similar.append(similar_element)

23. 

24.  element.append(similar)

25. 

26.return HttpResponse(ElementTree.tostring(root), content_type = "text/xml")

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• Creating XML Documents