xPathReader V1.1.0

Releasing first stable version of xPathReader. Find the links for binary

xPathreader

Reads xPath documents and outputs specified tags.

Installation:

You can install xpathreader from pip directly using pip3 install xpathreader

Alternatively:

1. Cloning this repository:

• git clone https://github.com/regmibijay/xpathreader

2. Building a pip wheel:

• cd xpathreader
• python3 setup.py bdist_wheel

3. Installing PIP Wheel:

• pip3 install dist/xpathreader-x.x-pyx-xxxx-xxx.whl #replace x's with respective version name

Usage:

1. Command line:

$ python3 xpathreader.py -i filename1.xml filename2.xml filename3.xml -f .//tag1/tag2 .//tag6/tag7 -e utf-8

Syntax explaination:

• -i specfies input file path, multiple file paths are supported and seperated by space.
• -f specifies tags to find, multiple tags are supported and seperated by space.
• -o specifies output mode, currently list or string mode are supported.
  • -o s or -o string for string mode
  • -o l or -o list for list mode (default)
• -especifies the file encoding. Input in lower case.

2. Importing from PIP Package:

import xpathreader
out = xpathreader.read(filePath,findTag,outputMode,encoding) #outputMode = "list" or "string"