Fast and easy way to template xml files in python

Question

Right now I have hardcoded the whole xml file in my python script and just executed out.write (), but now it is getting harder to manage because I have several types of xml file.

What is the easiest and fastest way to set up templates so that I can just specify the variable names amd filename?

Answer 1

You asked for the easiest and fastest, so see this post: http://blog.simonwillison.net/post/58096201893/simpletemplates

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:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<catalog>
   {% for object in object_list %}
   <book id="{{ object.bookID }}">
      <author>{{ object.author_name }}</author>
      <title>{{ object.title }}</title>
      <genre>{{ object.genre }}</genre>
      <price>{{ object.price }}</price>
      <publish_date>{{ object.pub_date }}</publish_date>
      <description>{{ object.description }}</description>
   </book>
   {% endfor %}
 </catalog>
 </xml>

The template engine will go through the "object_list" and output a long XML file with all your books. This will be much better than storing raw XML strings, as you are now.

This makes updating and changing the display of XML separate from data, storing data and manipulating data - makes your life easier.