python read xml

from xml.dom import minidom

# parse an xml file by name
mydoc = minidom.parse('items.xml')

items = mydoc.getElementsByTagName('item')

# one specific item attribute
print('Item #2 attribute:')
print(items[1].attributes['name'].value)

# all item attributes
print('\nAll attributes:')
for elem in items:
    print(elem.attributes['name'].value)

# one specific item's data
print('\nItem #2 data:')
print(items[1].firstChild.data)
print(items[1].childNodes[0].data)

# all items data
print('\nAll item data:')
for elem in items:
    print(elem.firstChild.data)

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

root = ET.fromstring(country_data_as_string)

from xml.etree.ElementTree import XML, fromstring
myxml = fromstring(text)

import  xml.dom.minidom
from xml.dom import getChildNodesByName


xdom = xml.dom.minidom.parse("GenericAddressing.xml")
xdoc = xdom.documentElement
dict = {}
xml_funcs = getChildNodesByName(xdoc, u"Function")
for func in xml_funcs:
    shortname = func.getAttribute(u"Name")
    address = func.getAttribute(u"Address")
    for name in  getChildNodesByName(func, u"Name"):
        longname = name.firstChild.nodeValue
        dict[hex(int(address))[2:].upper()] = (shortname, longname)
        break