def _xml_to_dict(xml_string): try: xml_data = parseStringToXML(xml_string) except: # parse error, or something return None # error code, perhaps return _xml_outer_node_to_dict(xml_data.documentElement)
def _dict_to_xml(in_data): doc_tagname = in_data.keys()[0] xml = parseStringToXML("<%s></%s>" % (doc_tagname, doc_tagname) ) for tag_name, tag_value in in_data[doc_tagname].iteritems(): newElement = xml.createElement(tag_name) newTextNode = xml.createTextNode( str(tag_value) ) xml.documentElement.appendChild( newElement ) newElement.appendChild( newTextNode ) return xml.toxml()