That XML is just a snapshot I am not getting into the xml parser. The error is not generated but also the /root/yhpc-2.0/ganglia.txt does not contain anything.
On Oct 30, 12:32 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > > > I am a newbie in python > > I am trying to parse a xml file and write its content in a txt file. > > The txt contains null elements. Any reason what iam doing wrong here > > > Here is the code that i wrote > > > import sys,os > > import xml.sax > > import xml.sax.handler > > from xml.sax.handler import ContentHandler > > from xml.sax import make_parser > > > class gmondxmlparse (ContentHandler): > > > def __init__(self,searchTerm): > > self.searchTerm=searchTerm; > > > def startElement(self,name,attrs): > > > if name=="HOST": > > self.hostname=attrs.get('NAME',"") > > self.IP=attrs.get('IP',"") > > elif name=="METRIC": > > self.metricname=attrs.get('NAME', "") > > self.metricvalue=attrs.get('VAL',"") > > self.metrictype=attrs.get('TYPE',"") > > self.metricunit=attrs.get('UNITS',"") > > return > > > def endElement(self,name): > > if name=="HOST" and self.searchTerm==self.hostname: > > try: > > fh=open('/root/yhpc-2.0/ganglia.txt' ,'w') > > except: > > print "File /root/yhpc-2.0/ganglia.txt can not be > > open" > > sys.exit(1) > > fh.write("This is a test for xml parsing with python with > > chris and amjad \n") > > fh.write("the host name is", self.hostname, "\n") > > fh.write("the ip address is", self.IP, "\n") > > fh.close() > > > searchTerm="HOST" > > parser=make_parser() > > curHandler=gmondxmlparse(searchTerm) > > parser.setContentHandler(curHandler) > > parser.parse(open("/root/yhpc-2.0/gmond.xml")) > > > Here is the sample of xml file > > > Here is the xmk file called gmond.xml > > <HOST NAME="192.168.10.163" IP="192.168.10.163" REPORTED="1193689455" > > TN="0" TMAX="20" DMAX="0" LOCATION="unspecified" > > GMOND_STARTED="1193170061"> > > <METRIC NAME="cpu_num" VAL="2" TYPE="uint16" UNITS="CPUs" TN="994" > > TMAX="1200" DMAX="0" SLOPE="zero" SOURCE="gmond"/> > > Without an actual error given, it's hard to know what your problem is. > > One thing though is noticable: your XML below isn't valid - XML has only > one root-element. > > And just for the record: it appears that you work under linux using a > root-account. Bad idea. Really. > > http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/08/13/the-10-commandments-for-new-linu... > > Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list