How can I convert XML into a Python object?

Question

I need to load an XML file and convert the contents into an object-oriented Python structure. I want to take this:

Answer 1

It's worth looking at lxml.objectify.

xml = """

content
contenbar
me
"""

from lxml import objectify

main = objectify.fromstring(xml)
main.object1[0]             # content
main.object1[1]             # contenbar
main.object1[0].get("attr") # name
main.test                   # me

Or the other way around to build xml structures:

item = objectify.Element("item")
item.title = "Best of python"
item.price = 17.98
item.price.set("currency", "EUR")

order = objectify.Element("order")
order.append(item)
order.item.quantity = 3
order.price = sum(item.price * item.quantity for item in order.item)

import lxml.etree
print(lxml.etree.tostring(order, pretty_print=True))

Output:

  
    
    17.98
    3
  
  53.94