Python Script to Read XML Files

Typical use of this when you have M2M interaction and you receive data in XML format where the receiver should react accordingly.

Here is a sample XML file:
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Python Code
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def get_client_settings (element):
 
    # This function gets client details from XML file
 
    ip_attrib = element.get('ip')
    username_attrib = element.get('username')
    password_attrib = element.get('password')
    email_attrib = element.get ('mail')
         
    for alert in element.findall('alert'):
        if alert.get('type').lower() == 'memory':
            mem_alert = float(alert.get('limit').replace('%',''))
        if alert.get('type').lower() == 'cpu':
            cpu_alert = float(alert.get('limit').replace('%',''))
           
    return (ip_attrib, username_attrib, password_attrib, email_attrib, mem_alert, cpu_alert)

for element in root_element.findall('client'):

    print ('\nGetting user details')
    ip, username, password, email, mem_limit, cpu_limit = get_client_settings (element)