xml.etree.ElementTree.parse()
xml.etree.ElementTree.parse() is a Python function in the XML Module category. Parses an XML file and returns an ElementTree object. The syntax is xml.etree.ElementTree.parse(source, parser=None). Returns: ElementTree object. A typical example: import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse("data.xml")
root = tree.getroot()
print(root.tag, root.attrib). A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(), which parses XML from a string and returns an Element. A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring(), which serializes an Element to bytes (XML string). A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(), which creates a new XML element with the given tag and attributes. A close sibling is xml.etree.ElementTree.SubElement(), which creates a new XML element as a child of the given parent. More about this category: XML processing — ElementTree, parse, fromstring, tostring. Related XML Module entries: xml.etree.ElementTree.fromstring(), xml.etree.ElementTree.tostring(), xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(), xml.etree.ElementTree.SubElement(), Element.find(), Element.findall(). This page is part of the free Python Reference documentation covering 978+ functions, methods, and modules with examples and parameter details.