NESA XML for Bulk Upload

Python library for generating XML according to the NESA Schema for Bulk Upload.

Dependenices

• future (if using python 2.7)
• yattag

Classes

The NesaXML class is the base class for all XML elements. This library defines subclasses for each element, implemented according to the provided XML Schema. e.g.

from nesaxml import Course

NesaXML subclasses defined for the following elements:

• Course
• CourseSession
• CourseLocation
• CourseStandard
• CourseSyllabus
• CourseProvider
• ProviderLocation
• CourseParticipation

Each of these may be constructed using an optional data dict, e.g.

from nesaxml import CourseLocation

course_loc = CourseLocation()

# or

# validate initial data
course_loc2 = CourseLocation({
    "obs_Course_code": "ABC123"
})

Each implements validated setters, and getters for each property, e.g.

code = course_loc.obs_Course_code
course_loc.obs_Course_code = code

And each has an XML generation method:

# this will fail if mandatory fields have not been provided
xml_string = course_loc.to_xml_string(indent=True)

N.B. repr is defined for these classes, e.g.

>>> course_loc
<CourseLocation
 obs_Course_code (string: 20): ABC123
 obs_ProviderLocation_code (string: 20): <Requires Value>
>