Python String to xml
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.fromstring(country_data_as_string)
Kaeffa
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
root = ET.fromstring(country_data_as_string)import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
tree = ET.parse('filename.xml') #this gets the file into a tree structure
tree_root = tree.getroot() #this gives us the root element of the file