Convert List of Dicts to DOM Tree

Sample

In [1]:from libcommon.list2dom import list2dom
In [2]:l = [ {'region':'BRETAGNE', 'departement':'Ille-et-Vilaine', 'uid':'183723', 'nom':'AGENCE INTERNATIONALE BASSE NORMANDIE'},
        {'region':'BRETAGNE', 'departement':'Morbihan', 'uid':'183723', 'nom':'AGENCE INTERNATIONALE BASSE NORMANDIE'},
        {'region':'MONACO', 'departement':'', 'uid':'183723', 'nom':'AGENCE INTERNATIONALE BASSE NORMANDIE'} ]
in [3]:dom = list2dom(l, ['region'], ['departement'], ['uid', 'nom'])
in [4]:dom.toxml()
out [4]:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<root>
  <region region="BRETAGNE">
    <departement departement="Ille-et-Vilaine">
       <uid nom="AGENCE INTERNATIONALE MERCURE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE - BASSE NORMANDIE" uid="183723"/>
    </departement>
    <departement departement="Morbihan">
       <uid nom="AGENCE INTERNATIONALE MERCURE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE - BASSE NORMANDIE" uid="183723"/>
    </departement>
  </region>
  <region region="MONACO">
    <departement departement="">
      <uid nom="AGENCE INTERNATIONALE MERCURE BRETAGNE - PAYS DE LOIRE - BASSE NORMANDIE" uid="183723"/>
    </departement>
  </region>
</root>
In [5]:dom.childNodes[0].childNodes
Out[5]:[<DOM Element: region at 0xb7890c2c>, <DOM Element: region at 0xb7890dcc>]
In [6]:e=dom.childNodes[0].childNodes[0]
In [7]:e.getAttribute('region')
Out[7]:'BRETAGNE'
In [8]:e['region']
Out[8]:'BRETAGNE'

Source

The source is located in pimentech libcommonPython package: http://www.pimentech.fr/en/technologies/outils :you can also download it here: ftp://ftp.pimentech.net/src/libcommonPython/src/python/libcommon/list2dom.py

from xml.dom import minidom

def __my_getitem(self, key):
    a = self.getAttributeNode(key)
    if not a:
        raise KeyError, key
    return a.value

minidom.Element.__getitem__ = __my_getitem

def list2dom(list_dict, *args, **kwargs):
    """
    list_dict : list of dictionaries
    *args : [ KEY_level_1, supp_key1_level_1, .. supp_keyn_level_1 ], .. [ KEY_level_n, supp_key1_level_n, .. supp_keyn_level_n ]
    returns :
    (mini)dom tree
    """
    document = minidom.Document()
    tree = document.createElement('root')
    document.appendChild(tree)

    def insert_elements(root_tree, tree, elements):
        if len(elements) == 0:
            return
        element = elements.pop()
        id_key = element['id_key']
        found = False
        for el in tree.childNodes:
            if el.getAttribute(id_key) == str(element[id_key]):
                found = True
                insert_elements(root_tree, el, elements)
                break
        if not found:
            el = root_tree.createElement(id_key)
            for key, value in element.items():
                if key != 'id_key':
                    el.setAttribute(key, str(value))
                    tree.appendChild(el)
            insert_elements(root_tree, el, elements)

    for dict in list_dict:
        elements = []
        for keys in args:
            element = {}
            for i in range(len(keys)):
                key = keys[i]
                if i == 0:
                    element['id_key'] = key
                element[key] = dict[key]
            elements.append(element)
        elements.reverse()
        insert_elements(document, tree, elements)
    return document