lxml2json 0.2.0

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>
        <c1>a</c1>
        <c1>b</c1>
        <c1>c</c1>
        <c2>
            <gc1>d</gc1>
            <gc2>e</gc2>
            <gc3>f</gc3>
        </c2>
        <c2>
            <gc1>g</gc1>
            <gc2>h</gc2>
            <gc3>i</gc3>
        </c2>
        <c3>
            <gc1>j</gc1>
            <gc1>k</gc1>
            <gc1>l</gc1>
        </c3>
        <c4/>
    </parent>'''

    d = convert(xml)
    pp(d)
    {'parent': {'c1': ['a', 'b', 'c'],
                'c2': [{'gc1': 'd', 'gc2': 'e', 'gc3': 'f'},
                       {'gc1': 'g', 'gc2': 'h', 'gc3': 'i'}],
                'c3': {'gc1': ['j', 'k', 'l']},
                'c4': None}}

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.