If you’re on Python 3.8+, check out `xml.etree.ElementTree` with `-OO` flag.
Python parse XML with optimizations can speed things up a bit.
Also, `xmlschema` lib is clutch for validating against XSD. Not many people know about it!
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Wow, thanks everyone! Didn’t expect so many great tips.
I tried lxml based on the recommendations, and the speed boost is insane. Still wrestling with namespaces though—anyone got a quick example for handling those in XPath?
Also, `xmltodict` looks perfect for some of my smaller files. Gonna give that a shot next.
Y’all are legends! 🙌
Python parse XML with optimizations can speed things up a bit.
Also, `xmlschema` lib is clutch for validating against XSD. Not many people know about it!
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Wow, thanks everyone! Didn’t expect so many great tips.
I tried lxml based on the recommendations, and the speed boost is insane. Still wrestling with namespaces though—anyone got a quick example for handling those in XPath?
Also, `xmltodict` looks perfect for some of my smaller files. Gonna give that a shot next.
Y’all are legends! 🙌