On Saturday, 10 May 2014 22:10:14 UTC+10, Peter Otten wrote:
> flebber wrote:
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> > I am using xmltodict.
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> > This is how I have accessed and loaded my file.
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> > import xmltodict
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> > document = open("/home/sayth/Scripts/va_benefits/20140508GOSF0.xml", "r")
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> > read_doc = document.read()
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> > xml_doc = xmltodict.parse(read_doc)
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> >
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> > The start of the file I am trying to get data out of is.
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> > <meeting id="35483" barriertrial="0" venue="Gosford"
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> > date="2014-05-08T00:00:00" gearchanges="-1" stewardsreport="-1"
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> > gearlist="-1" racebook="0" postracestewards="0" meetingtype="TAB"
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> > rail="True" weather="Fine " trackcondition="Dead "
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> > nomsdeadline="2014-05-02T11:00:00" weightsdeadline="2014-05-05T16:00:00"
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> > acceptdeadline="2014-05-06T09:00:00" jockeydeadline="2014-05-06T12:00:00">
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> > <club abbrevname="Gosford Race Club" code="49" associationclass="2"
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> > website="http://"; />
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> > <race id="185273" number="1" nomnumber="7" division="0" name="GOSFORD
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> > ROTARY MAIDEN HANDICAP" mediumname="MDN" shortname="MDN"
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> > stage="Acceptances" distance="1600" minweight="55" raisedweight="0"
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> > class="MDN " age="~ " grade="0" weightcondition="HCP
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> > " trophy="0" owner="0" trainer="0" jockey="0" strapper="0"
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> > totalprize="22000" first="12250" second="4250" third="2100"
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> > fourth="1000" fifth="525" time="2014-05-08T12:30:00" bonustype="BX02
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> > " nomsfee="0" acceptfee="0" trackcondition=" " timingmethod="
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> > " fastesttime=" " sectionaltime=" "
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> > formavailable="0" racebookprize="Of $22000. First $12250, second $4250,
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> > third $2100, fourth $1000, fifth $525, sixth $375, seventh $375, eighth
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> > $375, ninth $375, tenth $375">
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> > <condition line="1">
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> > So thought I had it figured. Can access the elements of meeting and the
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> > elements of club such as by doing this.
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> > In [5]: xml_doc['meeting']['club']['@abbrevname']
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> > Out[5]: u'Gosford Race Club'
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> > However whenever I try and access race in the same manner I get errors.
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> > In [11]: xml_doc['meeting']['club']['race']['@id']
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> >
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > KeyError Traceback (most recent call
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> > last) <ipython-input-11-cce362d7e6fc> in <module>()
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> > ----> 1 xml_doc['meeting']['club']['race']['@id']
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> >
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> > KeyError: 'race'
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> >
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> > In [12]: xml_doc['meeting']['race']['@id']
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> >
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> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > TypeError Traceback (most recent call
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> > last) <ipython-input-12-c304e2b8f9be> in <module>()
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> > ----> 1 xml_doc['meeting']['race']['@id']
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> >
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> > TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str
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> >
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> > why is accessing race @id any different to the access of club @abbrevname
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> > and how do I get it for race?
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> If I were to guess: there are multiple races per meeting, xmltodict puts
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> them into a list under the "race" key, and you have to pick one:
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> >>> doc = xmltodict.parse("""\
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> ... <meeting>
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> ... <race id="first race">...</race>
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> ... <race id="second race">...</race>
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> ... </meeting>
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> ... """)
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> >>> type(doc["meeting"]["race"])
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> <class 'list'>
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> >>> doc["meeting"]["race"][0]["@id"]
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> 'first race'
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> >>> doc["meeting"]["race"][1]["@id"]
> >>>
> >>>
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> 'second race'
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> So
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> xml_doc['meeting']['race'][0]['@id']
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> or
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> for race in xml_doc["meeting"]["race"]:
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> print(race["@id"])
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> might work for you.
Thanks so much Peter, yes both worked indeed.
Sayth
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