Pretty print Python xml.dom.Element object

Question

I have an xml.dom.Element object and would like to convert it to a string containing XML. There doesn't seem to be a method for this or am I missing something?

unutbu · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-31 22:26:03Z

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Use the toprettyxml or toxml method:

elt.toprettyxml(indent = '  ')

For example,

import xml.dom.minidom as minidom
doc = minidom.Document()
foo = doc.createElement("foo")
doc.appendChild(foo)
print(foo.__class__)
# xml.dom.minidom.Element

print(foo.toprettyxml(indent = '  '))
# <foo/>

edited Jan 31, 2012 at 22:26

answered Jan 31, 2012 at 22:20

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