junk after document element: line 13, column 2

Question

while parsing xml file,i am getting the following traceback

ParseError at /addxml/
junk after document element: line 13, column 2
Request Method: POST
Request URL:    http://localhost:8000/addxml/
Django Version: 1.3.7
Exception Type: ParseError
Exception Value:    
junk after document element: line 13, column 2
Exception Location: /root/Samples/DemoApp/DemoApp/views.py in addxml, line 98
Python Executable:  /usr/bin/python

This is my code

if request.POST:
        path = "{0}/app_name/filename.xml".format(settings.PROJECT_ROOT)
        xmlDoc = open(path, 'r')
        xmlDocData = xmlDoc.read()
        xmlDocTree = etree.XML(xmlDocData)

below line is giving the error

xmlDocTree = etree.XML(xmlDocData)



<book>
    <book_id>101</book_id>
    <book_name>Python</book_name>
    <publisher_name>Maxwell</publisher_name>
    <author_id>1002</author_id>
    <first_name>John</first_name>
    <last_name>Dezosa</last_name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <age>34</age>
  </book>
  <book>
    <book_id>102</book_id>
    <book_name>Django</book_name>
    <publisher_name>Technical</publisher_name>
    <author_id>1003</author_id>
    <first_name>Josep</first_name>
    <last_name>Raj</last_name>
    <email>[email protected]</email>
    <age>29</age>
  </book>   

Thanks

Solution

You do not have a single root element. Try adding a parent above each of your book elements. Maybe books?

<books>
  <book> ... </book>
  <book> ... </book>
</books>

If that does not help try looking at line 13, col 2 like the error message suggests.

bad_line = xmlDocData.splitlines()[12]