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55 lines
2.0 KiB
Python
55 lines
2.0 KiB
Python
#!/usr/bin/env python3
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import sys
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from lxml import etree
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def transform_sort_to_date(input_file, output_file):
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"""
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Transform an XML file:
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- Move <date>'s "value" attr as text to <sort>
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- Remove that <date> element
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- Rename <sort> to <date> and rename its @value to @when
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- Preserve comments
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"""
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# Use a parser that keeps comments
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parser = etree.XMLParser(remove_comments=False)
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tree = etree.parse(input_file, parser)
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root = tree.getroot()
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# If your XML has namespaces, you'll need namespace-aware searches.
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# This example assumes no default namespace is used for 'descriptions' or 'letterDesc'.
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descriptions = root.find("descriptions")
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if descriptions is not None:
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for letter_desc in descriptions.findall("letterDesc"):
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sent = letter_desc.find("sent")
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if sent is not None:
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# Locate <date> and <sort> inside <sent>
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old_date_el = sent.find("date")
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sort_el = sent.find("sort")
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# 1) Move the old <date> @value into <sort>.text and remove <date>
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if old_date_el is not None and sort_el is not None:
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date_value = old_date_el.get("value")
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if date_value:
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sort_el.text = date_value
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sent.remove(old_date_el)
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# 2) Rename <sort> to <date>, and rename @value to @when
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if sort_el is not None:
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sort_el.tag = "date" # rename element
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old_value = sort_el.attrib.pop("value", None)
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if old_value is not None:
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sort_el.set("when", old_value)
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# Write the modified tree, preserving comments
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tree.write(output_file, encoding="UTF-8", xml_declaration=True, pretty_print=True)
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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if len(sys.argv) != 3:
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print("Usage: {} INPUT.xml OUTPUT.xml".format(sys.argv[0]))
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sys.exit(1)
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input_file = sys.argv[1]
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output_file = sys.argv[2]
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transform_sort_to_date(input_file, output_file)
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