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title: "Creating and Posting XML with Python"
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# Creating and Posting XML with Python

<p>Create and Post XML with Python</p>
<p></p>
<pre>from xml.etree import ElementTree

request_xml = ElementTree.Element(<span>'request'</span>)
update_request = ElementTree.SubElement(
    request_xml, <span>'itemUpdateRequest'</span>)
item = ElementTree.SubElement(update_request, <span>'item'</span>)
ElementTree.SubElement(item, <span>'itemUrl'</span>).text = itemUrl

<span>for </span>key, value <span>in </span>updateData.items():<br />    ElementTree.SubElement(item, key).text = value

response = <span>self</span>.request(
    <span>'/es/1.0/item/update'</span>,
    <span>method</span>=<span>'post'</span>,
    <span>headers</span>={<span>'Content-Type'</span>: <span>'application/xml'</span>},
    <span>data</span>=ElementTree.tostring(
        request_xml, <span>encoding</span>=<span>'utf-8'</span>, <span>xml_declaration</span>=<span>True</span>)
)</pre>