Hello InkscapeForum i have question for a program i wrote in python.

I want to Import a "template.svg" with different Groups (with ID) and need to Seperate them in my Program.


1. How do i load the "template.svg" into my program?
2. What are the tools to manipulate the XML-Tree which Inkscape offers?

I think you might want to look at Jabier's pattern extension. That one will show you how to import a new template, and it also manipulates objects in the template before loading it into Inkscape: https://inkscape.org/en/~jabiertxof/%E2 ... xtension+0

Thanks i will take a look on that!

How can i turn a XPATH into a .ELEMENT?

I got my Object as XPATH but cant Access its Attributes because its XPATH and no direct ElementTree object

I have different Objects, i seperate them via xpath

searchStr = '//svg:g[@attribute-creator="popup1"]'
selectStr = template.xpath(searchStr, namespaces=inkex.NSS)

Works fine, my Object is saved in

selectStr[0]



...now i got

Main Group (popup1)
-Child Group Button1
--Rectangle Rect1
--Text
-Child Group Button2
--Rectangle Rect2
--Text

its everything in selectStr[0] , which seems to be "xpath" !

...i dont want to change the Original File because its the Template to copy from
I use the XML-Name "attribute-creator" for selecting the Groups/Objects like to edit it with .set method

I can't help with this. But I wanted to point you to this page, with lots of resources. I'm not even sure if what you need is covered here. But it's worth having a look, probably (if you haven't already seen it).

Also for the best help with writing extensions, I would suggest one of the mailing lists. For whatever reason, mailing lists is how the more advanced users and developers prefer to interact. Either the development list or user list will get you the help you need (if you don't get answers here). https://inkscape.org/en/community/mailing-lists/

I think Brynn meant to link to https://inkscape.org/en/develop/extensions/ .

Oh yeah. Sorry, I forgot to paste in the url. Thanks Moini!