How to update xml file using lxml and python?

Question

<example>
    <login>
        <id>1</id>
        <username>kites</username>
        <password>kites</password>
    </login>
</example>

How can i update password using lxml? and now can i add one more record to the same file?

please provide me a sample code

Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2010-01-21 22:30:55Z

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example = etree.Element("example")
login = etree.SubElement(example, "login")
password = etree.SubElement(login,"password")
password.text = "newPassword"

This is a good tutorial

edited Jan 21, 2010 at 22:30

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answered Jan 21, 2010 at 10:21

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RSK Over a year ago

after this we need to call etree.write(filepath) make make effect in xml file i have found another tutorial which i think is better infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/pylxml

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