How to get an XML document and parse it using Python?

Question

I want a quick way to grab a url and parse it while streaming. Ideally, this should be very fast. My choice language is Python. I have an intuition that can do this, but I cannot find an example.

Answer 1

If you need to process HTTP responses in a streaming manner, there are several options.

You can do this via downloadPage:

from xml.sax import make_parser
from twisted.web.client import downloadPage

class StreamingXMLParser:
    def __init__(self):
        self._parser = make_parser()

    def write(self, bytes):
        self._parser.feed(bytes)

    def close(self):
        self._parser.feed('', True)

parser = StreamingXMLParser()
d = downloadPage(url, parser)
# d fires when the response is completely received

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class StreamingXMLParsingHTTPClient(HTTPPageGetter):
    def connectionMade(self):
        HTTPPageGetter.connectionMade(self)
        self._parser = make_parser()

    def handleResponsePart(self, bytes):
        self._parser.feed(bytes)

    def handleResponseEnd(self):
        self._parser.feed('', True)
        self.handleResponse(None) # Whatever you pass to handleResponse will be the result of the Deferred below.

factory = HTTPClientFactory(url)
factory.protocol = StreamingXMLParsingHTTPClient
reactor.connectTCP(host, port, factory)
d = factory.deferred
# d fires when the response is completely received

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class StreamingXMLParser(Protocol):
    def __init__(self):
        self.done = Deferred()

    def connectionMade(self):
        self._parser = make_parser()

    def dataReceived(self, bytes):
        self._parser.feed(bytes)

    def connectionLost(self, reason):
        self._parser.feed('', True)
        self.done.callback(None)

from twisted.web.client import Agent
from twisted.internet import reactor

agent = Agent(reactor)
d = agent.request('GET', url, headers, None)
def cbRequest(response):
    # You can look at the response headers here if you like.
    protocol = StreamingXMLParser()
    response.deliverBody(protocol)
    return protocol.done
d.addCallback(cbRequest) # d fires when the response is fully received and parsed

Answer 2

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