[Python-au] simple XML->Dict tool

[Darryl Ross]

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Hey All,

I'm trying to convert a simple xml document into a python dictionary,
similar to SimpleXML for PHP and XML::Dumper for Perl.

The XML documents I'm loading look like this:

> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
> <root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0">
>   <specVersion>
>     <major>1</major>
>     <minor>0</minor>
>   </specVersion>
>   <device>
>     <deviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:device:Basic:1</deviceType>
>     <friendlyName>AXIS 206M - 00408C6A556E</friendlyName>
>     <manufacturer>AXIS</manufacturer>
>     <manufacturerURL>http://www.axis.com</manufacturerURL>
>     <modelDescription>AXIS 206M Network Camera</modelDescription>
>     <modelName>AXIS 206M</modelName>
>     <modelNumber>206M</modelNumber>
>     <modelURL>http://www.axis.com</modelURL>
>     <serialNumber>00408C6A556E</serialNumber>
>     <UDN>uuid:42617369630000000000-00-40-8c-6a-55-6e</UDN>
>     <serviceList>
>     </serviceList>
>     <presentationURL>http://172.29.101.100</presentationURL>
>   </device>
> </root>

And I would (ideally) like to be able to do something like:

> xmlobj = xml2dict('upnp.xml')
> print xmlobj.root.device.serialNumber

Does anyone have any pointers to something that would do what I need, or
even some decent documentation on how to write a module to do it?

TIA,
Darryl

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