Errno 36: File name too long error parsing python XML

Question

I have an XML file I am trying to parse and access one root of: DonorAdvisedFundInd which I shouldn't have a problem with but when I'm trying to parse the XML file I get an error message saying:

[Errno 36] File name too long:`

Here's the code I'm currently using: I cut off most of it so it's easier to see the problem. The error is occurring on the parse line.

import pandas as pd
import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
import requests
 
xml_data = requests.get("https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/201903199349320465_public.xml").content
xtree = et.parse(xml_data)

Now the reason I'm so confused is if you open that link, the XML file really isn't all that long. It should be able to be parsed. I'm using IBM Watson Studio's online compiler if it makes any difference.

I'd appreciate any insight or feedback anyone can provide.

Answer 1

Try fromstring :

import pandas as pd
import xml.etree.ElementTree as et
import requests
 
xml_data = requests.get("https://s3.amazonaws.com/irs-form-990/201903199349320465_public.xml").content
xtree = et.fromstring(xml_data)

Update (for finding the specific element) :

for i in xtree.findall(".//"):
    if 'DonorAdvisedFundInd' in i.tag:
        print(i.tag, i.attrib, i.text)

Another way would have been using this xmltodict lib like this:

result = xmltodict.parse(xml_data)
result['Return']['ReturnData']['IRS990']['DonorAdvisedFundInd']