jenkins - Python: How do you use lxml to parse xml tags with periods? -
i attempting parse jenkin's job xml files using lxml module python. looks this: <triggers> <hudson.triggers.timertrigger> <spec>h h(6-21)/3 * * *</spec> </hudson.triggers.timertrigger> i using lxml's handy objectify module, gets confused when try this: root.triggers.hudson.triggers.timertrigger.spec = 'something' i attributeerror: no such child: hudson . of course there's no attribute named hudson! how 1 work goofy piece of xml this? for additional context, here code: from lxml import objectify import jenkins j = jenkins.jenkins('http://local.jenkins.instance') xml = j.get_job_config('job_name') root = objectify.fromstring(xml) root.triggers.hudson.triggers.timertrigger.spec = 'something' it make sense triggers.hudson.triggers.timertrigger interpreted trying access <timertrigger> element in following structure, hence complained hudson child element not found when gi...