how to display xml on the screen indented?

Question

I have a string with xml:

string = '<catalog><category>iPhone</category><category>iPad</category><category>iPod</category><category>iMac</category><category>MacBook</category><category>Mac Mini</category><category>Чехлы</category><category>Защитные   пленки</category><category>Акксессуары</category><category>Наушники и гарнитуры</category><category>Переходники и Провода</category><category>Автомобильные аксессуары</category><category>Aккустические системы</category><category>Зарядные устройства</category><category>Видео очки</category><category>Wi-Fi оборудование</category><category>Аккумуляторы и блоки питания</category><category>BlackBerry</category><category>Подставки и док-станции</category><category>Игрушки</category><category>Цифровые ручки</category><category>Полезные устройства</category><category>Планшетные компьютеры</category><category>Samsung</category><category>GoPro</category><category>Память</category></catalog>'

please tell me how to display this xml on the screen indented reflecting nesting.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:07

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use pretty_print=True:

In [95]: from lxml import etree

In [97]: rt=etree.fromstring(string)

In [98]: print etree.tostring(rt, pretty_print=True)

answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:07

zhangxaochen

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:08

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You have to use xml module

import xml.dom.minidom

xml_obj = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(string)
xml_indent_string = xml.toprettyxml()
print xml_indent_string

answered Feb 27 '14 at 10:08

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how to display xml on the screen indented?

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