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Python GDAL/OGR - get KML headers

Is there anyway to get the KML name and/or description fields using GDAL/OGR for Python? I can get the fields for the individual layers easily enough, just not for the entire thing.

Code is:

from osgeo import ogr
file = #path to file goes here

inDriver = ogr.GetDriverByName( 'KML' )
inDataSource = inDriver.Open( file )
inLayer = inDataSource.GetLayer()

What's the best way to get the KML name/description fields?

Solution

  • Easiest way is to use a separate Python XML parser rather than the GDAL/OGR package.

    import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

tree = ET.parse( file )
root = tree.getroot()
description = root[0][1].text