I am using xmltodict.
This is how I have accessed and loaded my file.
import xmltodict
document = open("/home/sayth/Scripts/va_benefits/20140508GOSF0.xml", "r")
read_doc = document.read()
xml_doc = xmltodict.parse(read_doc)
The start of the file I am trying to get data out of is.
<meeting id="35483" barriertrial="0" venue="Gosford" date="2014-05-08T00:00:00"
gearchanges="-1" stewardsreport="-1" gearlist="-1" racebook="0"
postracestewards="0" meetingtype="TAB" rail="True" weather="Fine "
trackcondition="Dead " nomsdeadline="2014-05-02T11:00:00"
weightsdeadline="2014-05-05T16:00:00" acceptdeadline="2014-05-06T09:00:00"
jockeydeadline="2014-05-06T12:00:00">
<club abbrevname="Gosford Race Club" code="49" associationclass="2"
website="http://"; />
<race id="185273" number="1" nomnumber="7" division="0" name="GOSFORD ROTARY
MAIDEN HANDICAP" mediumname="MDN" shortname="MDN" stage="Acceptances"
distance="1600" minweight="55" raisedweight="0" class="MDN " age="~
" grade="0" weightcondition="HCP " trophy="0" owner="0" trainer="0"
jockey="0" strapper="0" totalprize="22000" first="12250" second="4250"
third="2100" fourth="1000" fifth="525" time="2014-05-08T12:30:00"
bonustype="BX02 " nomsfee="0" acceptfee="0" trackcondition=" "
timingmethod=" " fastesttime=" " sectionaltime=" "
formavailable="0" racebookprize="Of $22000. First $12250, second $4250, third
$2100, fourth $1000, fifth $525, sixth $375, seventh $375, eighth $375, ninth
$375, tenth $375">
<condition line="1">
So thought I had it figured. Can access the elements of meeting and the
elements of club such as by doing this.
In [5]: xml_doc['meeting']['club']['@abbrevname']
Out[5]: u'Gosford Race Club'
However whenever I try and access race in the same manner I get errors.
In [11]: xml_doc['meeting']['club']['race']['@id']
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-11-cce362d7e6fc> in <module>()
----> 1 xml_doc['meeting']['club']['race']['@id']
KeyError: 'race'
In [12]: xml_doc['meeting']['race']['@id']
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-12-c304e2b8f9be> in <module>()
----> 1 xml_doc['meeting']['race']['@id']
TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str
why is accessing race @id any different to the access of club @abbrevname and
how do I get it for race?
Thanks
Sayth
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