How do I append new data to existing XML using Python ElementTree?

Question

I am new to Python/ElementTree. I have the following XML sample:

<users>
    <user username="admin" fullname="admin" password=""  uid="1000"/>
    <user username="user1" fullname="user1" password="" grant_admin_rights="yes"><group>my_group</group><group>group_2</group></user>
</users>

I would like to append the following to this existing XML:

<user username="+username+" password="+password+"><group>+newgroup+</group></user>

so my final output should be like this:

    <users>
        <user username="admin" fullname="admin" password=""  uid="1000"/>
        <user username="user1" fullname="user1" password="" grant_admin_rights="yes"><group>my_group</group><group>group_2</group></user>
        <user username="+username+" password="+password+"><group>+newgroup+</group></user>
    </users>

This is my attempt:

import sys
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

class Users(object):
    def __init__(self, users=None):
        self.doc = ET.parse("users.xml")
        self.root = self.doc.getroot()

    def final_xml(self):
        root_new  = ET.Element("users") 
        for child in self.root:
            username             = child.attrib['username']
            password             = child.attrib['password']  
            user    = ET.SubElement(root_new, "user") 
            user.set("username",username)               
            user.set("password",password) 
            try:
                fullname             = child.attrib['fullname']
            except KeyError:
                pass
            for g in child.findall("group"):
                group     = ET.SubElement(user,"group")
                group.text = g.text
        tree = ET.ElementTree(root_new)
        tree.write(sys.stdout)

So where does this code try to add the new <user>? Doesn't look to me like you've tried to do what you're asking about. — martineau
– martineau, Commented Dec 1, 2012 at 8:38

mercator · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-23 14:10:51Z

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In ElementTree, Element objects have an "append" method. By using this method you can directly add the new XML tag.

For example:

user = Element('user')
user.append((Element.fromstring('<user username="admin" fullname="admin" password="xx"  uid="1000"/>')))

where "Element" comes from from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element.

edited Aug 23, 2013 at 14:10

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answered Dec 1, 2012 at 8:20

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