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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# This is an XML API that uses a syntax similar to XPath, but it is written in
+# standard python so that no extra python packages are required to use it.
+
+import xml.dom.minidom
+
+def XmlList(Dom, String):
+  """Get a list of XML Elements using XPath style syntax."""
+  if Dom.nodeType==Dom.DOCUMENT_NODE:
+    return XmlList(Dom.documentElement, String)
+  if String[0] == "/":
+    return XmlList(Dom, String[1:])
+  if String == "" :
+    return []
+  TagList = String.split('/')
+  nodes = []
+  if Dom.nodeType == Dom.ELEMENT_NODE and Dom.tagName.strip() == TagList[0]:
+    if len(TagList) == 1:
+      nodes = [Dom]
+    else:
+      restOfPath = "/".join(TagList[1:])
+      for child in Dom.childNodes:
+        nodes = nodes + XmlList(child, restOfPath)
+  return nodes
+
+def XmlElement (Dom, String):
+  """Return a single element that matches the String which is XPath style syntax."""
+  try:
+    return XmlList (Dom, String)[0].firstChild.data.strip(' ')
+  except:
+    return ''
+
+def XmlElementData (Dom):
+  """Get the text for this element."""
+  return Dom.firstChild.data.strip(' ')
+
+def XmlAttribute (Dom, String):
+  """Return a single attribute that named by String."""
+  try:
+    return Dom.getAttribute(String)
+  except:
+    return ''
+
+# This acts like the main() function for the script, unless it is 'import'ed into another
+# script.
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+  # Nothing to do here. Could do some unit tests.
+  pass