Developed Python scripts for file processing and XML handling

📅 2023-03-26 — Session: Developed Python scripts for file processing and XML handling

🕒 15:55–16:20
🏷️ Labels: Python, File Processing, XML, Error Handling, Encoding
📂 Project: Dev
⭐ Priority: MEDIUM

Session Goal

The session aimed to develop and enhance Python scripts for file processing tasks, including URL counting in files and handling large XML files.

Key Activities

• URL Counting Script: Implemented a Python script to count URLs in files within a directory using regex and the os module.
• File Encoding Handling: Enhanced the script to handle file encoding issues using the chardet library, ensuring compatibility with non-UTF-8 files.
• Error Handling: Integrated error handling to manage cases where file encoding cannot be detected, improving the robustness of the URL extraction process.
• XML File Processing: Explored strategies for processing large XML files using streaming parsing and memory management techniques with the xml.etree.ElementTree module.
• XML Validation: Discussed the use of XML schemas and DTDs for validating XML documents, with examples using Python’s xml.etree.ElementTree and xml.sax modules.

Achievements

• Successfully developed and tested a robust URL counting script with error and encoding handling.
• Gained insights into efficient XML processing and validation techniques.

Pending Tasks

• Further testing and optimization of XML processing scripts for large datasets.
• Integration of XML validation techniques into existing workflows.