How to write an XML file without header in Python?

Question

when using Python\'s stock XML tools such as xml.dom.minidom for XML writing, a file would always start off like

<

Answer 1

If you want to use minidom and maintain 'prettiness', how about this as a quick/hacky fix:

xml_without_declaration.py:

import xml.dom.minidom as xml

doc = xml.Document()

declaration = doc.toxml()

a = doc.createElement("A")
doc.appendChild(a)
b = doc.createElement("B")
a.appendChild(b)

xml = doc.toprettyxml()[len(declaration):]

print xml