Question

I have the following element selected:

>>> order
<Element Order at 0x10364b960>

To get all of its children elements, I can do:

>>> order.getchildren()
[<Element Digital_Order at 0x10364b910>, <Element Identifier at 0x10364b8c0>, 
<Element Sold_To_Party at 0x10364b9b0>, <Element Customer_PO_No at 0x10364ba00>, 
<Element PO_Date at 0x10364ba50>, <Element Customer_Name at 0x10364baa0>, 
<Element Buyer_Name at 0x10364baf0>, <Element Approval_Dt at 0x10364bb40>, 
<Element Approval_By at 0x10364bb90>, <Element Order_Creation_Dt at 0x10364bbe0>, 
<Element Order_Instructions at 0x10364bc30>, <Element Order_Items at 0x10364bc80>]

How would I select a specific child, in this case Identifier?

Answer 1

Use order.find('Identifier') to retrieve the first Identifier child element.

In case you want an array containing all matching elements, use findall instead of find.