Parse XML with Python Etree and Return Specified Tag Regardless of Namespace
I am working with some XML data that, in some locations in each file, redefines the namespace. I'm trying to pull all tags of a specific type from the document regardless of the namespace that's active at the point where the tag resides in the XML.
I'm using findall('.//{namespace}Tag') to find the elements I'm looking for. But never knowing what the {namespace} will be at any given point in the file, makes it hit or miss whether I'll get all the requested Tags returned or not.
Is there a way to return all the Tag elements regardless of the {namespace} they fall under? Something along the lines of findall('.//{wildcard}Tag') ?
The xpath function of lxml supports local-name()!
Here is a Python 3 example:
import io
from lxml import etree
xmlstring = '''<root
xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/html4/"
xmlns:n="http://www.w3.org/html5/">
<m:table>
<m:tr>
<m:name>Sometext</m:name>
</m:tr>
</m:table>
<n:table>
<n:name>Othertext</n:name>
</n:table>
</root>'''
root = etree.parse(io.StringIO(xmlstring))
names = root.xpath("//*[local-name() = 'name']")
for name in names:
print(name.text)
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