etree Clone Node

Question

How to clone Element objects in Python xml.etree? I\'m trying to procedurally move and copy (then modify their attributes) nodes.

Answer 1

If you have a handle on the Element elem's parent you can call

new_element = SubElement(parent, elem.tag, elem.attrib)

Otherwise you might want to try

new_element = makeelement(elem.tag, elem.attrib)

but this is not advised.