Editing values in a xml file with Python

Question

Hey. I want to have a config.xml file for settings in a Python web app.

I made car.xml manually. It looks like this:

Answer 1

XML is a rather poor way of storing configuration settings. For one, XML is not exactly human friendly in the context of settings. In the Python universe in particular you are better off using a settings module (as @AaronMcSmooth commented). Unfortunately a lot of projects in the Java world have (mis?)used XML for settings thereby making it a trend. I'd argue that this trend really sucks. Use native settings (module in Python) or something more human friendly like YAML.