Creating a simple XML file using python

Question

What are my options if I want to create a simple XML file in python? (library wise)

The xml I want looks like:

Answer 1

The lxml library includes a very convenient syntax for XML generation, called the E-factory. Here's how I'd make the example you give:

#!/usr/bin/python
import lxml.etree
import lxml.builder    

E = lxml.builder.ElementMaker()
ROOT = E.root
DOC = E.doc
FIELD1 = E.field1
FIELD2 = E.field2

the_doc = ROOT(
        DOC(
            FIELD1('some value1', name='blah'),
            FIELD2('some value2', name='asdfasd'),
            )   
        )   

print lxml.etree.tostring(the_doc, pretty_print=True)

Output:

  
    some value1
    some value2
  

It also supports adding to an already-made node, e.g. after the above you could say

the_doc.append(FIELD2('another value again', name='hithere'))