python lxml - modify attributes

Question

from lxml import objectify, etree

root = etree.fromstring(\'\'\'


    

        

Answer 1

You could try this:

r = etree.fromstring('...')

element = r.find('//avp[@name="Host-IP-Address"]')

# Access value
print 'Current value is:', element.get('value')

# change value
element.set('value', 'newvalue')

Also, note that in your example you're using the text() method, but that's not what you want: the "text" of an element is what is enclosed by the element. For example, given this:

this is the text

The value of the text() method on the element is "this is the text".