Unable to Parse XML file in Python

Question

I am trying to parse a large xml file (more than 50mb). Getting the following parsing error. File attached for reference. File

import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse('input_file.xml')

error
 File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/xml/etree/ElementTree.py", line 598, in parse
    self._root = parser._parse_whole(source)

  File "<string>", line unknown
ParseError: no element found: line 21, column 0

The obvious answer is that the file does indeed have an error. The error message even helpfully points out the line number. Have you inspected the file to see for yourself? — John Gordon
– John Gordon, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 14:06
Thanks for the answer. The file is too big and unable to load in the browser. — analyst045
– analyst045, Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 22:44

Rohit Chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-02 09:15:17Z

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Your XML is not well-formed, ElementTree cannot parse it. Please take look at your XML file and check whether it has a proper closing tag, maybe special characters and other stuff.

edited Dec 2, 2022 at 9:15

answered Sep 23, 2019 at 14:31

Rohit Chauhan

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analyst045 Over a year ago

The file is too big to be opened and inspected in a browser. None of the free xml parsers could load it either.

Rohit Chauhan Over a year ago

pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/…

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