Problems using etree in Python scraper
Question: I'm a newbie in Python looking to build a screen scraper in Scraperwiki but
I'm struggling with an error I can't work out how to fix. Essentially, I want
to parse an xml file but can't work out how to have my gp_indicators_scrape
function access the getroot() method.

Can anyone fix it, and more importantly, point me towards an explanation so I
can avoid the problem in future?

Here's the scraper: <https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/choiceshu1>

The key bits of code:

    
    
    import lxml.html
    import urlparse
    from urlparse import urlparse
    from lxml.etree import etree
    
    def gp_indicators_scrape(org_URL):
    
         indicator_xml = etree.parse(org_URL)
         root = lxml.etree.getroot(indicator_XML)
         print root 
    
    html = scraperwiki.scrape(combined_URL_for_first_scrape)
    print html
    root = lxml.html.fromstring(html)
    links = root.cssselect("dd a")
    

And here's the error when it runs

    
    
    Line 5 - from lxml.etree import etree
    ImportError: cannot import name etree
    


Answer: `from lxml.etree import etree` should be `from lxml import etree`

Also, just noticed - `lxml.etree.getroot(...)` \- you can drop the `lxml.` if
you use the import above, and normally you call `getroot()` on the object
returned via `etree.parse` (or similar).

NB: I haven't looked at code in the provided link...

