xmltodict

1.0.4 · active · verified Sat Mar 28

xmltodict makes working with XML feel like you are working with JSON. The current version is 1.0.4, with regular updates and bug fixes.

Warnings

breaking Version 1.0.0 dropped legacy compatibility paths for Python 2.x.
Fix: Upgrade to Python 3.9+ and use version 1.0.0 or higher.
gotcha Avoid using outdated patterns to import the library.
Fix: Use 'import xmltodict' instead of legacy import patterns.

Install

pip install xmltodict Install xmltodict

Imports

xmltodict
```
import xmltodict
```
Ensure to use the full module import.

Quickstart

Quickly parse XML to a Python dictionary.

import xmltodict

xml_str = '<foo><bar value="1">test</bar></foo>'
dict_obj = xmltodict.parse(xml_str)
print(dict_obj)

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