[ turning xml file to a dictionary ]
i got the following xml (partly file):
<BikoretNo>8</BikoretNo>
<DllVerNo>8.0.1.0</DllVerNo>
-<Item>
<ItemCode>11210000094</ItemCode>
<ItemName>tobasco 60 m"m</ItemName>
<ManufactureCountry>US</ManufactureCountry>
<Quantity>60.00</Quantity>
<ItemPrice>12.80</ItemPrice>
</Item>
-<Item>
<ItemCode>13495113506</ItemCode>
<ItemName>klik 75</ItemName>
<ManufactureCountry>IL</ManufactureCountry>
<Quantity>75.00</Quantity>
<ItemPrice>5.00</ItemPrice>
</Item>
i need to turn the following xml file to the following dictionary:
{
11210000094 :{
ItemCode:11210000094,
ItemName:klik 75,ManufactureCountry:IL,
...
},
13495113506: {
ItemCode:13495113506,
...
}
}
Answer 1
For this sample xml data that i save to a file called filename.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<body>
<BikoretNo>8</BikoretNo>
<DllVerNo>8.0.1.0</DllVerNo>
<Item>
<ItemCode>11210000094</ItemCode>
<ItemName>tobasco 60 m"m</ItemName>
<ManufactureCountry>US</ManufactureCountry>
<Quantity>60.00</Quantity>
<ItemPrice>12.80</ItemPrice>
</Item>
<Item>
<ItemCode>13495113506</ItemCode>
<ItemName>klik 75</ItemName>
<ManufactureCountry>IL</ManufactureCountry>
<Quantity>75.00</Quantity>
<ItemPrice>5.00</ItemPrice>
</Item>
</body>
The code looks like:
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.parse('filename.xml').getroot()
data_set = {}
for node in root:
if node.tag == 'Item':
item = {child.tag: child.text for child in node}
item_code = item['ItemCode']
data_set[item_code] = item
print data_set
And the output looks like (i've formatted it for readability):
{
'11210000094': {
'ItemPrice': '12.80',
'ItemCode': '11210000094',
'ItemName': 'tobasco 60 m"m',
'ManufactureCountry': 'US',
'Quantity': '60.00'
},
'13495113506': {
'ItemPrice': '5.00',
'ItemCode': '13495113506',
'ItemName': 'klik 75',
'ManufactureCountry': 'IL',
'Quantity': '75.00'
}
}
