yarox / libxml-examples

libxml examples for C and Python.

libxml-examples

libxml examples for C and Python, featuring some common actions.

Dependecies

This examples have been tested under Ubuntu Linux 12.04 with the following configuration:

• gcc 4.6.3 and libxml2 2.7.8
• Python 2.7.3 and lxml 2.3.4

How to run the examples

Python

Open a terminal, navigate to src/python and run python exampleX-Y.py

C

Open a terminal, navigate to src/c and run:

gcc -o exampleX-Y `xml2-config --cflags` exampleX-Y.c `xml2-config --libs`
./exampleX-Y

Examples

1. Reading an XML document

1. Show the contents of a document.

2. Creating a new XML document

1. Create a document including different nodes.
2. Create a document with namespaces.

3. Finding elements in an XML document

1. Find elements in a simple document.
2. Find elements in a document with namespaces.

4. Modifying an existing XML document

1. Create new node.
2. Delete node.
3. Replace a node.
4. Modify the node's tag.
5. Modify the node's text value.
6. Modify the node's properties.

References

1. http://infohost.nmt.edu/tcc/help/pubs/pylxml/web/index.html
2. http://lxml.de/tutorial.html
3. http://www.w3schools.com/xpath/