What's the best way to read XML in Python? Need help parsing files efficiently! or How do I read XML

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“” - cloakXchangeX77 - 07-04-2025

Honestly, just use `ElementTree` unless you have a specific reason not to. It’s the easiest way to read xml python for most cases.

For attributes, `element.attrib` gives you a dict of them. Looping is as simple as `for elem in root.iter('tagname')`.