Adding processing instruction to xml before root element with cElementTree

Asked May 08 '14 at 07:56

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I am using cElementTree library to produce xml files. Now I want to write .xsl file for better readability. That's why I need to add <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?> before first tag. Unfortunately I was able to put desired line only after first tag:

import xml.etree.cElementTree as Et
test_report = Et.Element("TEST_REPORT")
root = test_report
root.append(Et.ProcessingInstruction('xml-stylesheet', 'type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"'))
...
...
tree = Et.ElementTree(root)
tree.write(self.file_name+"_result.xml")

Witch logically produces:

<TEST_REPORT>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?>
...
...
</TEST_REPORT>

What I need is:

<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="style.xsl"?>
<TEST_REPORT>
...
...
</TEST_REPORT>

I am looking for something like this but it seems like there is no addprevious method in cElementTree.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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asked May 08 '14 at 07:56

arbulgazar

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If all you want to do is **write** xml (not parse it), have a look at the http://www.yattag.org library. It's easy to do what you want using the `asis` method. – John Smith Optional May 08 '14 at 08:22
Unfortunately I will have to parse it later to put results to HP Quality Center. :( – arbulgazar May 08 '14 at 08:27
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8868248/how-to-create-doctype-with-pythons-celementtree – sundar nataraj May 08 '14 at 10:26

Adding processing instruction to xml before root element with cElementTree

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