How to Extract respStmt name Values from TEI/XML Files: Approaches Using BeautifulSoup and ElementTree in Python

This article introduces how to extract respStmt name values from TEI/XML files using Python’s BeautifulSoup and ElementTree.

Method 1: Using ElementTree

First, we extract the respStmt name value using Python’s standard library xml.etree.ElementTree.

Method 2: Using BeautifulSoup

Next, we extract the respStmt name value using BeautifulSoup. First, make sure the beautifulsoup4 and lxml libraries are installed. If they are not installed, you can install them with the following command.

The following code extracts the respStmt name value using BeautifulSoup.

Either method allows you to easily extract respStmt name values in Python. Choose the method that best suits your project.