lxml and loops to create xml rss in python
I have been using lxml to create the xml of rss feed. But I am having trou开发者_开发技巧ble with the tags and cant really figure out how to to add a dynamic number of elements. Given that lxml seems to just have functions as parameters of functions, I cant seem to figure out how to loop for a dynamic number of items without remaking the entire page.
rss = page = (
E.rss(
E.channel(
E.title("Page Title"),
E.link(""),
E.description(""),
E.item(
E.title("Hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "),
E.link("htt://"),
E.description("this is a"),
),
)
)
)
Jason has answered your question; but – just FYI – you can pass any number of function arguments dynamically as a list: E.channel(*args)
, where args
would be [E.title(
...), E.link(
...),
...]
. Similarly, keyword arguments can be passed using dict and two stars (**
). See documentation.
This lxml tutorial says:
To create child elements and add them to a parent element, you can use the append()
method:
>>> root.append( etree.Element("child1") )
However, this is so common that there is a shorter and much more efficient way to do this: the SubElement
factory. It accepts the same arguments as the Element
factory, but additionally requires the parent as first argument:
>>> child2 = etree.SubElement(root, "child2")
>>> child3 = etree.SubElement(root, "child3")
So you should be able to create the document, then say channel = rss.find("channel")
and use either of the above methods to add more items to the channel
element.
channel = E.channel(E.title("Page Title"), E.link(""),E.description(""))
for (title, link, description) in container:
try:
mytitle = E.title(title)
mylink = E.link(link)
mydesc = E.description(description)
item = E.item(mytitle, mylink, mydesc)
except ValueError:
print repr(title)
print repr(link)
print repr(description)
raise
channel.append(item)
top = page = E.top(channel)
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