import po1 xml = file('po1.xml').read() order = po1.CreateFromDocument(xml) print '%s is sending %s %d thing(s):' % (order.billTo.name, order.shipTo.name, len(order.items.item)) for item in order.items.item: print ' Quantity %d of %s at $%s' % (item.quantity, item.productName, item.USPrice)