lxml2json 0.1.0

converts XML elements into their JSON equivalent

lxml2json

lxml2json is a python package that converts XML elements into their JSON equivalent.

Usage Example:

    from lxml2json import convert
    from pprint import pprint as pp

    xml = """
      <parent>
        <child>1</child>
        <child>2</child>
        <child>3</child>
      </parent>"""

    d = convert(xml)
    pp(d)
    {'parent': {'child': ['1', '2', '3']}}

    d = convert(xml, noCombine=True)
    pp(d)
    {'parent': [{'child': '1'}, {'child': '2'}, {'child': '3'}]}

    d = convert(xml, noCombine=True, ordered=True)
    pp(d)
    OrderedDict([('parent', [OrderedDict([('child', '1')]), OrderedDict([('child', '2')]), OrderedDict([('child', '3')])])])

Options

lxml2json provides the following optional arguments to modify conversion behavior or output data format:

• ordered: Boolean, defaults to False. Specifies whether to generate output an OrderedDict object.
• noText: Defaults to None. Specifies the value to give to elements that contain no children and no text value.
• noCombine: Defaults to False. Specifies whether or not to consolidate similar child elements' text values into a list. Accepts a list of tag values to exclude from consolidation, or when set to True, does not attempt to consolidate at all.