PRI_2020-FE/backend/xmlParser.py

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
import json
# arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Process some xml files.')
parser.add_argument('filename', help='xml forum file')
args = parser.parse_args()
# make a soup
with open(args.filename) as forum:
soup = BeautifulSoup(forum, "xml")
# put json together
out = {}
out['id'] = soup.forum.get('id')
out['name'] = soup.forum.find('name').text
out['discussions'] = []
for d in soup.forum.find_all('discussion'):
posts = []
for p in d.find_all('post'):
posts.append({
'id': p.get('id'),
'parent': p.find('parent').text,
'author': p.userid.text,
'message': p.message.get_text()
})
out['discussions'].append({
'id': d.get('id'),
'title': d.find('name').text,
'first_post': d.firstpost.text,
'posts': posts
})
with open('parsed.json', 'w') as outfile:
json.dump(out, outfile, ensure_ascii=False, indent=2)