Python XML to JSON | Python XML dictionary
TodaywewilllearnhowtoconvertXMLtoJSONandXMLtoDictinpython.WecanusepythonxmltodictmoduletoreadXMLfileandconvertittoDictorJSONdata.WecanalsostreamoverlargeXMLfilesandconvertthemtoDictionary.Beforesteppingintothecodingpart,let’sfirstunderstandwhyXMLconversionisnecessary.ConvertingXMLtoDict/JSONXMLfileshaveslowlybecomeobsoletebutthereareprettylargesystemsonthewebthatstillusesthisformat.XMLisheavierthanJSON[1]andso,mostdeveloperspreferthelatterintheirapplications.Whenapplicationsneedtounderstandt...
Today we will learn how to convert XML to JSON and XML to Dict in python. We can use python xmltodict module to read XML file and convert it to Dict or JSON data. We can also stream over large XML files and convert them to Dictionary. Before stepping into the coding part, let’s first understand why XML conversion is necessary.
Converting XML to Dict/JSONXML files have slowly become obsolete but there are pretty large systems on the web that still uses this format. XML is heavier than JSON[1] and so, most developers prefer the latter in their applications. When applications need to understand the XML provided by any source, it can be a tedious task to convert it to JSON. The xmltodict module in Python makes this task extremely easy and straightforward to perform.
Getting started with xmltodictWe can get started with xmltodict module but we need to install it first. We will mainly use pip[2] to perform the installation.
Install xmltodict moduleHere is how we ca...