issues with python xml parsing

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I'm new to xml and REST but have some basic knowledge with python. I'm facing some issues while trying to parse the attached xml file.

I use Beautifulsoup library to parse the file and, for an unknown reason, I can access different fields of entries 2 and 3 but not entry 1, while they are all formatted the same way. Can someone tell what I'm doing wrong with my (attached) code and output please?



    News
    1
    
    
    2014-11-26T10:41:12.424Z
    
    
        TEST REST
        1
        
            User213
        
        Test PUT Entry 3
        7
        21.94420760726878 17.44
        2014-11-24T09:55:31.000Z
        
        
        
    
    
        TEST REST
        1
        
            User213
        
        Test PUT Entry 8
        8
        21.94420760726878 17.44
        2014-11-24T13:47:09.000Z
        
        
        
    
    
        TEST REST
        1
        
            User213
        
        Test POST
        12
        21.94420760726878 17.44
        2014-11-25T14:29:02.000Z

Python code:

#!/usr/bin/python
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
handler = open("/tmp/test.xml").read()

results = soup.findAll('entry')
for r in results:
    print r
    print r.find('title').text
    print r.find('content').text
    print r.find('georss:point')
    print r.find('id')
    print r.find('updated')

And the output is the following:


TEST REST
1

TEST REST
1
None
None
None

TEST REST
1

User213

Test PUT Entry 8
8
21.94420760726878 17.44
2014-11-24T13:47:09.000Z




TEST REST
1
21.94420760726878 17.44
8
2014-11-24T13:47:09.000Z

TEST REST
1

User213

Test POST
12
21.94420760726878 17.44
2014-11-25T14:29:02.000Z




TEST REST
1
21.94420760726878 17.44
12
2014-11-25T14:29:02.000Z

Fumbo · Accepted Answer

From what I have tested with the following code :

#!/usr/bin/python
from BeautifulSoup import BeautifulSoup
handler = open("./test.xml").read()

soup = BeautifulSoup(handler)
print soup.prettify()

The ouput is like that :



 
  News
 
 
  1
 
 
 
 
  2014-11-26T10:41:12.424Z
 
 
  
   
    TEST REST
   
   
    1
   
  
 
 
  
   User213

If you look closely you will see that in your xml the is seen as an open tag by BeautifulSoup.

That's why you he don't find title, content.. because for him they are out of the tag.

Hope this`ll help

issues with python xml parsing

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