"no element found" using xml.etree.ElementTree with XML file from the web

Question

Here's the Python source:

fsock = urllib2.urlopen('http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/exportview/divisions/uos-fp/2009/XML/uos-fp_2009.xml')

doc=et.parse(fsock)

When I tried to run this it gives the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python27\reading and writing xml file from web1.py", line 30, in 
    doc=et.parse(fsock)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1176, in parse
    tree.parse(source, parser)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 654, in parse
    self._root = parser.close()
  File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1635, in close
    self._raiseerror(v)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\xml\etree\ElementTree.py", line 1487, in _raiseerror
    raise err
ParseError: no element found: line 1, column 0

Can any one help as to why this is happening?

Can you actually open that URL in a browser and retrieve the XML? The error sounds like a premature EOF on the input stream when executing et.parse(). — Jim Garrison
– Jim Garrison, Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 20:54
The code works: import urllib2 from xml.etree.cElementTree import parse, dump fsock = urllib2.urlopen('eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/exportview/divisions/uos-fp/2009/XML/…) doc = parse(fsock) dump(doc) — DrDee
– DrDee, Commented Apr 12, 2011 at 21:04

wxs · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-29 20:00:21Z

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Your code works:

import urllib2  
from xml.etree.cElementTree import parse, dump  

fsock = urllib2.urlopen('http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/cgi/exportview/divisions/uos-fp/2009/XML/uos-fp_2009.xml')

doc = parse(fsock)  
dump(doc)

edited Jul 29, 2013 at 20:00

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answered Apr 12, 2011 at 21:12

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Muhammad Imran Over a year ago

Thanks, it works but it seems that it would never stop, sort of infinite iteration

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