Escaping Quotes using python minidom to create xml file

Question

I'm using python to create XML files to automate a workflow.

The code I have written is:

from xml.dom import minidom
import os

root = minidom.Document()
xml = root.createElement('WASATCH') #main (root) element
xml.setAttribute("ACTION","JOB")

#Create XML File
xml_str = root.toprettyxml(encoding='utf-8',indent="\t") 
xml_file = "EXAMPLE.xml" #name xml file
with open(xml_file, "wb") as f:
    f.write(xml_str)

currently the code prints quotes around JOB

<WASATCH ACTION="JOB">

but I need those removed to just print this

 <WASATCH ACTION=JOB>

what can I do to remove the quotes around JOB?

Answer 1

Removing quotes will make it invalid xml. If you really want that, take xml_str and replace quotes by your method of choice, e.g.

new = xml_str.replace(‘“‘,’’)