XPath tools for Python

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This item used to discuss how to use XPath in 4Suite. It is now generalized to cover XPath processing in general for Python. for the former item, click here

There are several libraries that can be used for XPath processing in Python.

• Pyana is an "extension module that allows Python programs to interface with the Apache Software Foundation's Xalan XSLT transformation engine."

• The Python and bindings page for libxml have some examples of its XPath API

• ElementTree 1.2 adds limited XPath support

• Jython and JXPath

• Using Python and XML with Microsoft .NET My Services includes a few tidbits on XPath usage

• Section 7, XPath and XPointer from the Python/XML HOWTO

• Xml Matters #15: More On Xml In Python is a pretty dated article that touches on 4XPath

• PyXPath is an older package.