Edit XML file text based on path

Question

I have an XML file (e.g. jerry.xml) which contains some data as given below.

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Answer 1

FIrst of all, documentation of how to modify an XML. Now, here is my own example:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

s = """

    
        child text
        more child text
    

"""

root = ET.fromstring(s)

for parent in root.getchildren():
    parent.attrib['attribute'] = 'new value'
    for child in parent.getchildren():
        child.attrib['new_attrib'] = 'new attribute for {}'.format(child.tag)
        child.text += ', appended text!'

>>> ET.dump(root)

    
        child text, appended text!
        more child text, appended text!
    

And you can do this with Xpath as well.

>>> root.find('parent/child_1[@other_attr]').attrib['other_attr'] = 'found it!'
>>> ET.dump(root)

    
        child text, appended text!
        more child text, appended text!