How to use XML to Python
- Paste a representative XML sample, ideally one with all the optional fields filled in.
- Set the name of the root type, and decide whether you want helper code as well or types only.
- Copy the generated Python code into your project.
About XML to Python
Writing model classes by hand for a big XML payload is dull, and it is where typos creep in. Paste a sample here and the generator works out the structure: which fields exist, which are objects, which are arrays and what type each value has. The output is dataclasses with type hints, plus from_dict and to_dict helpers.
XML is first converted to JSON the same way as in our XML to JSON tool: attributes get an @_ prefix and text content next to attributes is called #text. The Python types are generated from that result. Field names that are not valid Python identifiers are converted, and the original name is kept for serialization.
Using the generated code
Call Root.from_dict(json.loads(text)) to get an object, and to_dict() to go back.
Optional fields use Optional[T] from the typing module and default to None.