How to parse xml files containing symbols like '&, <>,~' using python

Question

I get TypeError: Type 'NoneType' cannot be serialized.while reading the following xml file

<root>
 <sub_component> 
     Hii & heloo <> 
 </sub_component>
</root>

The code I use for coding is as follows

from lxml import etree
parser = etree.XMLParser(recover=True) # recover from bad characters.
root = etree.fromstring(file_path, parser=parser)
print etree.tostring(root)

unfortunately I have a file like this and it need to be processed.. Any means for doing that? — athira, Jul 20 '16 at 08:40

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 20 '16 at 05:14

0

You can use BeautifulSoup:

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup

soup= BeautifulSoup(xml_string, 'html.parser')

answered Jul 20 '16 at 05:14

Aran-Fey

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How to parse xml files containing symbols like '&, <>,~' using python

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