import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from typing import Dict
def iter_parse(root: ET.Element) -> Dict[str,str]:
"""Recursively parse the XML tree into a dictionary
Each key/value pair is inside it's own
tag and
the key inside a tag.
The fields that I believe are compulsory (TCIN, UPC and Origin)
are only nested one level deep, while the rest of fields seem
to be always nested two levels deep. But parsing it recursively
helps generalise both cases."""
spec_dict = {}
for child in root:
if child.tag == "div":
if "b" in [x.tag for x in child]:
key, *values = child.itertext()
key = key.strip(":")
value = "".join(values).strip(":")
spec_dict[key] = value
else:
spec_dict.update(iter_parse(child))
return spec_dict
def parse_raw_specs(raw_specs: str) -> Dict[str,str]:
"""Parse a raw specifications XML string into a dictionary
This involves first recursively parsing the XML tree and then
renaming the key values"""
fields_mapping = {
"Material": "materials",
"Package Quantity": "packaging",
"Number of Pieces": "packaging",
"Dimensions (Overall)": "dimensions",
"Dimensions": "dimensions",
"Weight": "weight",
"TCIN": "tcin",
"Origin": "origin",
}
xml_root = ET.fromstring(raw_specs)
parsed = iter_parse(xml_root)
specs_dict = {
fields_mapping[key]: value
for key, value in parsed.items()
if key in fields_mapping
}
return specs_dict