Inserting an element into existing xml file

[Anand]

Hi,

I'm new to Python. we are using python2.4.

I wanted to insert an element into an existing xml file. Can anyone
help me with this?
I've seen lxml and elementTree in python2.5 has some API's to insert
into existing xml file.
We cant use python 2.5 due to some limitations. So how can we do it in
2.4?

Thanks in Advance,
Anand

 

[Stefan Behnel]

I'm new to Python. we are using python2.4.

I wanted to insert an element into an existing xml file. Can anyone
help me with this?
I've seen lxml and elementTree in python2.5 has some API's to insert
into existing xml file.
We cant use python 2.5 due to some limitations. So how can we do it in
2.4?

Install lxml and read the tutorial. It should be easy to grasp, as the API is
very simple.

http://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.html
http://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.html#elements-are-lists

It's compatible to ElementTree, which you can also install on Python 2.4 (it's
what later became part of Python 2.5).

Stefan

 

[Anand]

Install lxml and read the tutorial. It should be easy to grasp, as the API is
very simple.

http://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.htmlhttp://codespeak.net/lxml/tutorial.html#elements-are-lists

It's compatible to ElementTree, which you can also install on Python 2.4 (it's
what later became part of Python 2.5).

Stefan

Hi Stefan,

First of all thanks for your reply.

I'm Afraid to say, I can't use lxml or elementTree as it requires many
legal approvals and there is high chances of not getting it through.
So Do you have any other method / idea just by using plain 2.4 to
accomplish the task

Cheers,
Anand

 

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

I'm Afraid to say, I can't use lxml or elementTree as it requires many
legal approvals and there is high chances of not getting it through.

In what environment is it hard to get something BSD licensed through!?

Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

 

[Fredrik Lundh]

I'm Afraid to say, I can't use lxml or elementTree as it requires many
legal approvals and there is high chances of not getting it through.
So Do you have any other method / idea just by using plain 2.4 to
accomplish the task

Are you allowed to use code samples you found on the net?

http://svn.effbot.org/public/elementtree/

(if not, are you even allowed to ask for help? ;-)

ElementTree (aka xml.etree) is pure Python, and you only need the
ElementTree.py module to do what you want, so I guess you could
always pretend you wrote it yourself...

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