xmljson Documentation Release 0.2.0
S Anand
Nov 21, 2018
Contents
1 About 3
2 Convert data to XML 5
3 Convert XML to data 7
4 Conventions 9
5 Options 11
6 Installation 13
7 Simple CLI utility 15
8 Roadmap 17
9 More information 19 9.1 Contributing...... 19 9.2 Credits...... 21 9.3 History...... 22 9.4 Indices and tables...... 23
i ii xmljson Documentation, Release 0.2.0 xmljson converts XML into Python dictionary structures (trees, like in JSON) and vice-versa.
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About
XML can be converted to a data structure (such as JSON) and back. For example:
{ "employees": [{ "person":{ "name":{ "@value":"Alice" } } }, { "person":{ "name":{ "@value":"Bob" } } }] }
This uses the BadgerFish convention that prefixes attributes with @. The conventions supported by this library are: • Abdera: Use "attributes" for attributes, "children" for nodes • BadgerFish: Use "$" for text content, @ to prefix attributes
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• Cobra: Use "attributes" for sorted attributes (even when empty), "children" for nodes, values are strings • GData: Use "$t" for text content, attributes added as-is • Parker: Use tail nodes for text content, ignore attributes • Yahoo Use "content" for text content, attributes added as-is
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Convert data to XML
To convert from a data structure to XML using the BadgerFish convention:
>>> from xmljson import badgerfish as bf >>> bf.etree({'p':{'@id':'main','$':'Hello','b':'bold'}})
This returns an array of etree.Element structures. In this case, the result is identical to:
>>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import fromstring >>> [fromstring('
Hellobold
')]The result can be inserted into any existing root etree.Element:
>>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, tostring >>> result= bf.etree({'p':{'@id':'main'}}, root=Element('root')) >>> tostring(result) '
This includes lxml.html as well:
>>> from lxml.html import Element, tostring >>> result= bf.etree({'p':{'@id':'main'}}, root=Element('html')) >>> tostring(result, doctype='') '\n
'For ease of use, strings are treated as node text. For example, both the following are the same:
>>> bf.etree({'p':{'$':'paragraph text'}}) >>> bf.etree({'p':'paragraph text'})
By default, non-string values are converted to strings using Python’s str, except for booleans – which are converted into true and false (lower case). Override this behaviour using xml_fromstring:
>>> tostring(bf.etree({'x': 1.23,'y': True}, root=Element('root'))) '
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(continued from previous page) >>> from xmljson import BadgerFish # import the class >>> bf_str= BadgerFish(xml_tostring=str) # convert using str() >>> tostring(bf_str.etree({'x': 1.23,'y': True}, root=Element('root'))) '
If the data contains invalid XML keys, these can be dropped via invalid_tags='drop' in the constructor:
>>> bf_drop= BadgerFish(invalid_tags='drop') >>> data= bf_drop.etree({'$':'1','x':'1'}, root=Element('root')) # Drops
˓→invalid <$> tag >>> tostring(data) '
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Convert XML to data
To convert from XML to a data structure using the BadgerFish convention:
>>> bf.data(fromstring('
Hellobold
')) {"p": {"$": "Hello", "@id": "main", "b": {"$": "bold"}}}To convert this to JSON, use:
>>> from json import dumps >>> dumps(bf.data(fromstring('
Hellobold
'))) '{"p": {"b": {"$": "bold"}, "@id": "main", "$": "Hello"}}'To preserve the order of attributes and children, specify the dict_type as OrderedDict (or any other dictionary- like type) in the constructor:
>>> from collections import OrderedDict >>> from xmljson import BadgerFish # import the class >>> bf= BadgerFish(dict_type=OrderedDict) # pick dict class
By default, values are parsed into boolean, int or float where possible (except in the Yahoo method). Override this behaviour using xml_fromstring:
>>> dumps(bf.data(fromstring('
>>> def convert_only_int(val): ... return int(val) if val.isdigit() else val (continues on next page)
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(continued from previous page) >>> bf_int= BadgerFish(xml_fromstring=convert_only_int) >>> dumps(bf_int.data(fromstring('
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Conventions
To use a different conversion method, replace BadgerFish with one of the other classes. Currently, these are supported:
>>> from xmljson import abdera # == xmljson.Abdera() >>> from xmljson import badgerfish # == xmljson.BadgerFish() >>> from xmljson import cobra # == xmljson.Cobra() >>> from xmljson import gdata # == xmljson.GData() >>> from xmljson import parker # == xmljson.Parker() >>> from xmljson import yahoo # == xmljson.Yahoo()
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Options
Conventions may support additional options. The Parker convention absorbs the root element by default. parker.data(preserve_root=True) preserves the root instance:
>>> from xmljson import parker, Parker >>> from xml.etree.ElementTree import fromstring >>> from json import dumps >>> dumps(parker.data(fromstring('
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Installation
This is a pure-Python package built for Python 2.7+ and Python 3.0+. To set up: pip install xmljson
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Simple CLI utility
After installation, you can benefit from using this package as simple CLI utility. By now only XML to JSON conver- sion supported. Example:
$ python -m xmljson -h usage: xmljson [-h] [-o OUT_FILE] [-d {abdera,badgerfish,cobra,gdata,parker,xmldata,yahoo}] [in_file] positional arguments: in_file defaults to stdin optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit -o OUT_FILE, --out_file OUT_FILE defaults to stdout -d {abdera,badgerfish,...}, --dialect {...} defaults to parker
$ python -m xmljson -d parker tests/mydata.xml { "foo": "spam", "bar": 42 }
This is a typical UNIX filter program: it reads file (or stdin), processes it in some way (convert XML to JSON in this case), then prints it to stdout (or file). Example with pipe:
$ some-xml-producer | python -m xmljson | some-json-processor
There is also pip’s console_script entry-point, you can call this utility as xml2json:
$ xml2json -d abdera mydata.xml
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Roadmap
• Test cases for Unicode • Support for namespaces and namespace prefixes • Support XML comments
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More information
9.1 Contributing
Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given. You can contribute in many ways:
9.1.1 Types of Contributions
Report Bugs
Report bugs at https://github.com/sanand0/xmljson/issues. If you are reporting a bug, please include: • Your operating system name and version. • Any details about your local setup that might be helpful in troubleshooting. • Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.
Fix Bugs
Look through the GitHub issues for bugs. Anything tagged with “bug” is open to whoever wants to implement it.
Implement Features
Look through the GitHub issues for features. Anything tagged with “feature” is open to whoever wants to implement it.
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Write Documentation xmljson could always use more documentation, whether as part of the official xmljson docs, in docstrings, or even on the web in blog posts, articles, and such.
Submit Feedback
The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/sanand0/xmljson/issues. If you are proposing a feature: • Explain in detail how it would work. • Keep the scope as narrow as possible, to make it easier to implement. • Remember that this is a volunteer-driven project, and that contributions are welcome :)
9.1.2 Get Started! xmljson runs on Python 2.6+ and Python 3+ in any OS. To set up the development environment: 1. Fork the xmljson repo 2. Clone your fork locally:
git clone [email protected]:your_user_id/xmljson.git
3. Install your local copy into a virtualenv. If you have virtualenvwrapper installed, this is how you set up your fork for local development:
$ mkvirtualenv xmljson $ cd xmljson/ $ python setup.py develop
4. Create a branch for local development:
git checkout-b
Now you can make your changes locally. 5. When you’re done making changes, check that your changes pass flake8 and the tests, as well as provide rea- sonable test coverage:
make release-test
Note: This uses the python.exe in your PATH. To change the Python used, run:
export PYTHON=/path/to/python # e.g. path to Python 3.4+
6. Commit your changes and push your branch to GitHub. Then send a pull request:
$ git add . $ git commit -m "Your detailed description of your changes." $ git push --set-upstream origin
7. To delete your branch:
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git branch-d
9.1.3 Pull Request Guidelines
Before you submit a pull request, check that it meets these guidelines: 1. The pull request should include tests. 2. If the pull request adds functionality, the docs should be updated. Put your new functionality into a function with a docstring, and add the feature to the list in README.rst. 3. The pull request should work for Python 2.7 and 3.4.
9.1.4 Release
1. Test the release by running:
make release-test
2. Update __version__ = x.x.x in xmljson 3. Update HISTORY.rst with changes 3. Commit, create an annotated tag and push the code:
git commit.-m"Release vx.x.x" git tag-a vx.x.x git push--follow-tags
4. To release to PyPi, run:
make clean python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel--universal twine upload dist/*
9.2 Credits
9.2.1 Development Lead
• S Anand
9.2.2 Contributors
• Dag Wieers
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9.3 History
9.3.1 0.2.0 (21 Nov 2018)
• xmljson command line script converts from XML to JSON (@tribals) • invalid_tags='drop' in the constructor drops invalid XML tags in .etree() (@Zurga) • Bugfix: Parker converts {‘x’: null} to
9.3.2 0.1.9 (1 Aug 2017)
• Bugfix and test cases for multiple nested children in Abdera convention Thanks to @mukultaneja
9.3.3 0.1.8 (9 May 2017)
• Add Abdera and Cobra conventions • Add Parker.data(preserve_root=True) option to preserve root element in Parker convention. Thanks to @dagwieers
9.3.4 0.1.6 (18 Feb 2016)
• Add xml_fromstring= and xml_tostring= parameters to constructor to customise string conversion from and to XML.
9.3.5 0.1.5 (23 Sep 2015)
• Add the Yahoo XML to JSON conversion method.
9.3.6 0.1.4 (20 Sep 2015)
• Fix GData.etree() conversion of attributes. (They were ignored. They should be added as-is.)
9.3.7 0.1.3 (20 Sep 2015)
• Simplify {'p': {'$': 'text'}} to {'p': 'text'} in BadgerFish and GData conventions. • Add test cases for .etree() – mainly from the MDN JXON article. • dict_type/list_type do not need to inherit from dict/list
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9.3.8 0.1.2 (18 Sep 2015)
• Always use the dict_type class to create dictionaries (which defaults to OrderedDict to preserve order of keys) • Update documentation, test cases • Remove support for Python 2.6 (since we need collections.Counter) • Make the Travis CI build pass
9.3.9 0.1.1 (18 Sep 2015)
• Convert true, false and numeric values from strings to Python types • xmljson.parker.data() is compliant with Parker convention (bugs resolved)
9.3.10 0.1.0 (15 Sep 2015)
• Two-way conversions via BadgerFish, GData and Parker conventions. • First release on PyPI.
9.4 Indices and tables
• genindex • modindex • search
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