"Read using Expat parser and print and objectified XML file" import sys from gnosis.xml.objectify import XML_Objectify, pyobj_printer, EXPAT class MyExpatBased_XML_Objectify(XML_Objectify): expat_args = [] expat_kwargs = { 'nspace_sep' : None, # Ignore XML namespaces. } def __init__ (self, xml_src): XML_Objectify.__init__(self, xml_src=xml_src, parser=EXPAT) if len(sys.argv) > 1: for filename in sys.argv[1:]: try: xml_obj = XML_Objectify(xml_src=filename, parser=EXPAT) py_obj = xml_obj.make_instance() except SyntaxError: print\ """Caught SyntaxError exception! Possibly an XML file with namespaces that is causing this, so try again but ignore XML namespaces...""", xml_obj = MyExpatBased_XML_Objectify(filename) try: py_obj = xml_obj.make_instance() print "it worked!" except: print "it did NOT work!" raise print pyobj_printer(py_obj).encode('UTF-8') else: print "Please specify one or more XML files to Objectify."