Pretty printing XML in Python

Question

What is the best way (or are the various ways) to pretty print XML in Python?

Answer 1

If for some reason you can't get your hands on any of the Python modules that other users mentioned, I suggest the following solution for Python 2.7:

import subprocess

def makePretty(filepath):
  cmd = "xmllint --format " + filepath
  prettyXML = subprocess.check_output(cmd, shell = True)
  with open(filepath, "w") as outfile:
    outfile.write(prettyXML)

As far as I know, this solution will work on Unix-based systems that have the xmllint package installed.