Writing a custom XML file for the Wordpress Importer using lxml

Question

Okay, so here is my current situation:

My knowledge of XML or lxml isn\'t very good yet, since I rarely used XML files until now. So please tell me if something in my ap

Answer 1

Here is my advice: Take a step back from lxml and consider the python built-in support for xml processing: a module called xml.etree.ElementTree. Import it in repl like this:

import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

and play with it for a while. Here is a good python documentation on the module: http://goo.gl/8FVto

Building an element is as simple as that:

a = ET.Element('wp:author')
ET.dump(a)

Then add some sub-elements. It's all in the docs.