xml.dom.minidom.parse()

xml.dom.minidom.parse(filename_or_file, parser=None, bufsize=None)

Return a Document from the given input. filename_or_file may be either a file name, or a file-like object. parser, if given, must be a SAX2 parser object. This function will change the document handler of the parser and activate namespace support; other parser configuration (like setting an entity resolver) must have been done in advance.