#!/usr/bin/env python

 # Generating XML with DOM - Chapter 8 - domgensample.py

 from xml.dom import minidom, Node

 doc = minidom.Document()

 doc.appendChild(doc.createComment("Sample XML Document - Chapter 8 -"))

 # Generate book

 book = doc.createElement('book')

 doc.appendChild(book)

 # The title

 title = doc.createElement('title')

 title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Sample XML Thing'))

 book.appendChild(title)

 # The author section

 author = doc.createElement('author')

 book.appendChild(author)

 name = doc.createElement('name')

 author.appendChild(name)

 firstname = doc.createElement('first')

 name.appendChild(firstname)

 firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Benjamin'))

 name.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(' '))

 lastname = doc.createElement('last')

 name.appendChild(lastname)

 lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Smith'))

 affiliation = doc.createElement('affiliation')

 author.appendChild(affiliation)

 affiliation.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Spring Widgets, Inc.'))

 # The chapter

 chapter = doc.createElement('chapter')

 book.appendChild(chapter)

 chapter.setAttribute('number', '')

 title = doc.createElement('title')

 chapter.appendChild(title)

 title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('First Chapter'))

 para = doc.createElement('para')

 chapter.appendChild(para)

 para.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("I think widgets are great. You" + " should buy lots of them from "))

 company = doc.createElement('company')

 para.appendChild(company)

 company.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('Spring Widgets, Inc'))

 para.appendChild(doc.createTextNode('.'))

 print doc.toprettyxml(indent = ' ')