1 #!/usr/bin/env python
 2 # Generating XML with DOM - Chapter 8 - domgensample.py
 3 
 4 from xml.dom import minidom, Node
 5 
 6 doc = minidom.Document()
 7 
 8 doc.appendChild(doc.createComment("Sample XML Document - Chapter 8 -"))
 9 
10 # Generate book
11 book = doc.createElement(‘book‘)
12 doc.appendChild(book)
13 
14 # The title
15 title = doc.createElement(‘title‘)
16 title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘Sample XML Thing‘))
17 book.appendChild(title)
18 
19 # The author section
20 author = doc.createElement(‘author‘)
21 book.appendChild(author)
22 name = doc.createElement(‘name‘)
23 author.appendChild(name)
24 firstname = doc.createElement(‘first‘)
25 name.appendChild(firstname)
26 firstname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘Benjamin‘))
27 name.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘ ‘))
28 lastname = doc.createElement(‘last‘)
29 name.appendChild(lastname)
30 lastname.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘Smith‘))
31 
32 affiliation = doc.createElement(‘affiliation‘)
33 author.appendChild(affiliation)
34 affiliation.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘Spring Widgets, Inc.‘))
35 
36 # The chapter
37 chapter = doc.createElement(‘chapter‘)
38 book.appendChild(chapter)
39 chapter.setAttribute(‘number‘, ‘1‘)
40 title = doc.createElement(‘title‘)
41 chapter.appendChild(title)
42 title.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘First Chapter‘))
43 
44 para = doc.createElement(‘para‘)
45 chapter.appendChild(para)
46 para.appendChild(doc.createTextNode("I think widgets are great. You" + " should buy lots of them from "))
47 company = doc.createElement(‘company‘)
48 para.appendChild(company)
49 company.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘Spring Widgets, Inc‘))
50 
51 para.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(‘.‘))
52 
53 print doc.toprettyxml(indent = ‘ ‘)