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   "cells": [
    {
     "cell_type": "markdown",
     "metadata": {},
     "source": [
      "We are making this xml snippet"
     ]
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "raw",
     "metadata": {},
     "source": [
      "<xml>\n",
      "\t<uniqueID>jOOst</uniqueID>\n",
      "\t<sessionID>jOOst</sessionID>\n",
      "\t<IP>127.0.0.1</IP>\n",
      "\t<weburl>http://dtvirt5.deltares.nl/wps/</weburl>\n",
      "\t<function>webIDT_ToolInitialise</function>\n",
      "\t<tool>Interactive Dredge Planning Tool</tool>\n",
      "\t<toolid>IDT_Singapore</toolid>\n",
      "</xml>"
     ]
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "import lxml.builder\n",
      "import lxml.etree\n",
      "import cStringIO"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 1
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "E = lxml.builder.ElementMaker()"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 2
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "# Define all the elements that we need \n",
      "# using the somewhat odd syntax of the ElementMaker\n",
      "xml = E.xml\n",
      "sessionID = E.sessionID\n",
      "uniqueID = E.uniqueID\n",
      "IP = E.IP\n",
      "weburl = E.weburl\n",
      "function = E.function\n",
      "tool = E.tool\n",
      "toolid = E.toolid"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 3
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "doc = xml(\n",
      "    uniqueID(\"jOOst\"),\n",
      "    sessionID(\"jOOst\"),\n",
      "    IP(\"127.0.0.1\"),\n",
      "    weburl(\"http://dtvirt5.deltares.nl/wps\"),\n",
      "    function(\"webIDT_ToolInitialise\"),\n",
      "    tool(\"Interactive Dredge Planning Tool\"),\n",
      "    toolid(\"IDT_Singapore\")\n",
      "    )\n",
      "\n",
      "\n",
      "    \n",
      "       "
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 4
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "doctxt = lxml.etree.tostring(doc, pretty_print=True)\n",
      "f = cStringIO.StringIO(doctxt)\n",
      "f.seek(0)"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 5
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [
      "# save f to ftp"
     ],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 6
    },
    {
     "cell_type": "code",
     "collapsed": false,
     "input": [],
     "language": "python",
     "metadata": {},
     "outputs": [],
     "prompt_number": 6
    }
   ],
   "metadata": {}
  }
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