Chilkat2-Python

Decode HTML Entities found in XML

Demonstrates how to decode HTML entities found in XML. Chilkat2-Python

import chilkat2

success = False

# Load an XML file containing the following:

# <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
# <output>Franz&#xf6;sische</output> 

xml = chilkat2.Xml()
success = xml.LoadXmlFile("qa_data/xml/hasHtmlEntity.xml")

# Get non-decoded content, then get decoded content.

# Result is Franz&#xf6;sische
print(xml.Content)

# Result is Französische
strDecoded = xml.DecodeEntities(xml.Content)
print(strDecoded)