reading a xml file in python code example

Example 1: how to read ome xml file in python

showinf -omexml-only /path/to/file/myFile.ome.tif >> path/to/output/myFile.ome.xml

Example 2: how to read an xml file

import xmltodict as xtd
import os

xml_file_content = ""

catalog_dir = os.chdir('directory')
catalog_dir_array = os.listdir(catalog_dir)

if("nameOfFile.xml" in catalog_dir_array):
    catalog_file_content = open("nameOfFile.xml", "r").read()

catalog_file_content_dict = xtd.parse(catalog_file_content)