XML file as input

Question

I have the following line of code: xml = BytesIO("<A><B>some text</B></A>") for the file named test.xml.

But I would like to have something like xml = "/home/user1/test.xml"

How can I use the file location instread of having to put the file content?

Eevee · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 02:50:00Z

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Exactly like you have. lxml.etree.parse() accepts a string filename and will read the file for you.

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 2:50

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mtadd · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 02:49:50Z

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The following code will read in the contents of the file into a string, and pass it into the class instantiator for BytesIO

xml = BytesIO(open("/home/user1/test.xml").read())

answered Mar 28, 2014 at 2:49

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andrewsi · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-28 03:14:42Z

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xml = open('/home/user1/test.xml', 'rb').read()

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answered Mar 28, 2014 at 2:49

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