I am trying to make script to parse the install.rdf files found in firefox xpi extentions to isolate the extention ID so I can name a directory and automate installation of system-wide extension.
I am very facile with the command line, but not with programming languages (esp object-oriented ones). I have been working on learning python.
I would like to use minidom from xml.dom.
Here are two examples of different formats of install.rdf files:
from xml.dom import minidom
doc = minidom.parse('install.rdf')
print doc.getElementsByTagName("em:id")[0].childNodes[0].data
It will spit out the id. However, I need to automate this and spit out the em:id for the element which also contains the em:name element.
I need help in figuring out how to iterate through this and testing if that node (if that is the right terminology) also contains the em:name tag as that is the em:id that I need (you may notice there is more than one em:id tag)
One the second code section above, it is stranger, as em:id doesn't seem to be in a normal tag and getElementsByTagName doesn't work, let alone the childNodes.data methods.
How does one access the element (if that is what it is called in the rendition) in the second code? It also needs to iterate and test to see if that section has the em:name tag?
I know this is a big complex, but I am stuck. I've not found any tutorials at all for the second code formating.
Adding to the problem, I need to know how to tell the two formats apart to start the parsing. Ideas for that, too?
Your help is greatly appreciated (as is being pointed to where I can also learn more about this).
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