from itertools import chain
from lxml import etree
def stringify_children(node):
'''
Return all contents of an xml tree, without the outside tags.
e.g. if node is parse of
"Hi there Bruce!
"
should return
"Hi there Bruce!
"
fixed from
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4624062/get-all-text-inside-a-tag-in-lxml
'''
parts = ([node.text] +
list(chain(*([etree.tostring(c), c.tail]
for c in node.getchildren())
)))
# filter removes possible Nones in texts and tails
return ''.join(filter(None, parts))