XML comparison

[Nik1811]

Hi,

I need to compare two XML's. I have a baseline XML("B_XML.xml) for reference that I use to compare with every new generated XML(A_XML.xml).
I want to do one-one parsing, checking for all attributes and their respective values. I want to flag, if:
1) there are new attributes added to the XML
2) change in value for any attribute

Also, I need a way to report through which I can exactly identify which new field is different/added


I'm trying with xmldiff library. This is great if one value is changed. But if a new attribute is added, then there is a whole long list of failures for multiple attributes:


import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
from xmldiff import main, formatting

formatter = formatting.XMLFormatter(normalize=formatting.WS_BOTH)
diff_1 = main.diff_files("B_XML.xml", "A_XML.xml")
print(diff_1)



I've heard of the canonical method, but is there anyone who has used it and was successful with retrieving differences that specifies just the location of new attributes?

Larz60+ write Mar-17-2024, 01:22 PM:
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