[ZPT] HTTP-XML input into ZPT

[Jeff Peterson]

norman wrote:
> Hello,
> What tools are needed to read HTTP-XML generated data from an external
> site and display this within a ZPT?
>
> I have an output.xml file on a remote server, like:
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> <products>
>   <product>
>     <id>2</id>
>     <type>Type</type>
>     <typedesc>TypeDesc</typedesc>
>     <name>Name</name>
>     <shortdesc>shortdesc</shortdesc>
>     <status>0</status>
>     <url>http://www.site.com</url>
>     <thumbnail>2t.jpg</thumbnail>
>     <image1>2a.jpg</image1>
>   </product>
>   
> ....
>
> How to return this in ZPT and format it?
>
> Cheers
>
> Norman
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There is a Zope product called ParsedXML.  Don't know much more than
that about it.  You could always go the external method route, use
xml.dom.minidom to parse it into something python-ish like a
dictionary.  minidom is pretty straightforward.

Regards,

Jeff.

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