XML change tag name using Python

Question

Very new to XML and Python. I want to change the tag names of certain elements in an XML document. Here\'s how the document looks now:

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Answer 1

If you want to use ElementTree, you can find all SSN elements that are children of Employee and set tag.

Example...

Input (input.xml)

<Company>
    <Employee>
        <SSN>111111111</SSN>
        <Dependent>
            <SSN>222222222</SSN>
        </Dependent>
    </Employee>
</Company>

Python

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse("input.xml")

for elem in tree.findall("Employee/SSN"):
    elem.tag = "EESSN"

tree.write("output.xml")

Output (output.xml)

<Company>
    <Employee>
        <EESSN>111111111</EESSN>
        <Dependent>
            <SSN>222222222</SSN>
        </Dependent>
    </Employee>
</Company>