special characters in xml file with Python2.7

Question

I have several strings like this:

"Programa Directrices de Gesti\\xc3\\xb3n Tur\\xc3\\xadstica"

That I should store in an xml file in this way

<content><![CDATA[Programa Directrices de Gestión Turística]]></content>

I use this code:

from xml.dom import minidom

data_cdata = doc.createCDATASection(text)
cdv = doc.createElement(tag)
cdv.appendChild(data_cdata)
root.appendChild(cdv)
doc.appendChild(root)

but the output is:

<content><![CDATA["Programa Directrices de Gesti\xc3\xb3n Tur\xc3\xadstica]]></content>

How i can do it?

(sorry for my english)

Answer 1

Python does not represent characters outside of the ascii range like you would like. The special characters \\xc3\\xb3 and \\xc3\\xad are related to hexadecimal ordinals of each character: ó and í . It seems like your code does not translate the special characters very well. Instead of posting the actual ó and í it posts their respective representations: \\xc3\\xb3 and \\xc3\\xad . Now I know nothing of the library you use, but I would search in the appendChild function for a quick fix regarding the translation. If you cannot find it, you could perhaps iterate over the text with a loop removing special characters and turning them into regular letters ("ó" into "o").

I wish I could be of more help :).

Good luck,

Jesper