# jc.parsers.xml jc - JSON CLI output utility `XML` file parser Usage (cli): $ cat foo.xml| jc --xml Usage (module): import jc.parsers.xml result = jc.parsers.xml.parse(xml_file_output) Compatibility: 'linux', 'darwin', 'cygwin', 'win32', 'aix', 'freebsd' Examples: $ cat cd_catalog.xml Empire Burlesque Bob Dylan USA Columbia 10.90 1985 Hide your heart Bonnie Tyler UK CBS Records 9.90 1988 ... $ cat cd_catalog.xml | jc --xml -p { "CATALOG": { "CD": [ { "TITLE": "Empire Burlesque", "ARTIST": "Bob Dylan", "COUNTRY": "USA", "COMPANY": "Columbia", "PRICE": "10.90", "YEAR": "1985" }, { "TITLE": "Hide your heart", "ARTIST": "Bonnie Tyler", "COUNTRY": "UK", "COMPANY": "CBS Records", "PRICE": "9.90", "YEAR": "1988" }, ... } ## info ```python info() ``` ## process ```python process(proc_data) ``` Final processing to conform to the schema. Parameters: proc_data: (dictionary) raw structured data to process Returns: Dictionary representing an XML document: { XML Document converted to a Dictionary See https://github.com/martinblech/xmltodict for details } ## parse ```python parse(data, raw=False, quiet=False) ``` Main text parsing function Parameters: data: (string) text data to parse raw: (boolean) output preprocessed JSON if True quiet: (boolean) suppress warning messages if True Returns: Dictionary. Raw or processed structured data.