A simple extension of Etree that gives users the ability to directly access attributes and nodes without having to implement boilerplate python code.
Rationale for this library: Dynamic XML Library with Python
Pip Installer: pip
python -m pip install dynamicxml
DynamicElement is a drop-in replacement for any Etree code that you already have
<!-- ConfigFile.xml -->
<ConfigurationData>
<Runtime timeout="1000" runtimeDataPath="/path/to/runtime/data" />
</ConfigurationData># main.py
import dynamicxml
# parse the data and get back an instance of DynamicElement
root = dynamicxml.parse('data/ConfigFile.xml')
# Print the tag of the root element, just like you would a typical etree
# element
print (root.tag)
# get access to the runtime data node, which is a child of
# <ConfigurationData />. The library returns a list of child
# nodes, regardless of how many elements there are. An "AttributeError"
# is raised if the node does not exist.
runtimeNode = root.Runtime[0]
# Access the attributes of the node directly using the "attr_" prefix.
print (runtimeNode.attr_timeout)
print (runtimeNode.attr_runtimeDataPath)
# set the data directly
runtimeNode.attr_timeout = str(int(runtimeNode.attr_timeout) + 1)
# easy writing of the data
dynamicxml.write('data/ConfigFile_Updated.xml', root)