Read Data from xml using Dom in Python

Here is sample code for how we can use dom in python for extracting data from xml.

import xml.dom.minidom

document = """<root><firstname>Anil</firstname>
            <middlename>R.</middlename>
            <surname>Kesariya</surname></root>"""
         
dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(document)

def getText(nodelist):
    rc = []
    for node in nodelist:
        if node.nodeType == node.TEXT_NODE:
            rc.append(node.data)
    return ''.join(rc)

def handleTok(tokenlist):
    texts = ""
    for token in tokenlist:
        texts += " "+ getText(token.childNodes)
    return texts

first_name = dom.getElementsByTagName("firstname")
first_name = handleTok(first_name)

middle_name = dom.getElementsByTagName("middlename")
middle_name = handleTok(middle_name)

last_name = dom.getElementsByTagName("surname")
last_name = handleTok(last_name)

print "Name Detail :::",first_name + " " + middle_name + " " + last_name