У меня есть файл XML с информацией о доступности конференц-залов. Я написал приложение для чтения этого XML-файла и сохранения информации в двух словарях: один для большого конференц-зала, а другой - для небольшого конференц-зала. Моя задача - обновить параметр isMeetingRoomAvailable в xml для запрошенного шаблона.
Например: для TowerName = tower one, meetingRoomName = ABC и для MeetingRoomTimeStamp = "2018-05-31 00:45:00" мне нужно обновить значение isMeetingRoomAvailable до 1.
Ниже приведен фрагмент, который я написал:
from lxml import etree
root = etree.parse('test.xml')
bigRoomAvailabilityDict = {}
smallRoomAvailabilityDict = {}
towerNames = root.xpath("/root/Towers/Tower/TowerName")
MeetingRoomNames = root.xpath("/root/Towers/Tower/MeetingRooms/BigMeetingRooms/MeetingRoom/MeetingRoomName")
for tower in root.xpath("/root/Towers/Tower"):
towerName = tower.xpath("TowerName")[0].text
for lr in tower.xpath("MeetingRooms/BigMeetingRooms/MeetingRoom"):
meetingRoomName = lr.xpath("MeetingRoomName")[0].text
MeetingRoomMailId = lr.xpath("MeetingRoomMailId")[0].text
str = towerName + " " + meetingRoomName + " " + MeetingRoomMailId
for timeAvai in lr.xpath("MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo"):
time = timeAvai.xpath("MeetingRoomTimeStamp")[0].text
isAvai = timeAvai.xpath("isMeetingRoomAvailable")[0].text
key = str + " " + time
bigRoomAvailabilityDict[key] = isAvai
for small in tower.xpath("MeetingRooms/SmallMeetingRooms/MeetingRoom"):
meetingRoomName = small.xpath("MeetingRoomName")[0].text
MeetingRoomMailId = small.xpath("MeetingRoomMailId")[0].text
str = towerName + " " + meetingRoomName + " " + MeetingRoomMailId
for timeAvai in small.xpath("MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo"):
time = timeAvai.xpath("MeetingRoomTimeStamp")[0].text
isAvai = timeAvai.xpath("isMeetingRoomAvailable")[0].text
key = str + " " + time
smallRoomAvailabilityDict[key] = isAvai
def updateXML(towerName, meetinRoomName, timeStampVal):
roomsFromXml = root.xpath("/root/Towers/Tower/MeetingRooms/BigMeetingRooms/MeetingRoom")
# print(roomsFromXml)
for index in roomsFromXml:
roomNames = index.xpath("MeetingRoomName")
for rooms in roomNames:
# print(rooms.text)
if rooms.text == meetinRoomName:
allTimeStamps = index.xpath("MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo")
for timeStamps in allTimeStamps:
counter = 0
for myTime in timeStamps.xpath("MeetingRoomTimeStamp"):
counter += 1
if myTime.text == timeStampVal:
break
for isAvai in timeStamps.xpath("isMeetingRoomAvailable"):
counter -= 1
if counter == 0:
isAvai.text = 1
# for key, value in bigRoomAvailabilityDict.items():
# print(key, " " , value)
XML-файл по ссылке ...
<root>
<Towers>
<Tower>
<TowerName>Tower one</TowerName>
<MeetingRooms>
<BigMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>ABC</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_ABC</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 05:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>JKL</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_JKL</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 05:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</BigMeetingRooms>
<SmallMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>XYZ</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_XYZ</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 02:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 03:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:15:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:30:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 04:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 05:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</SmallMeetingRooms>
</MeetingRooms>
</Tower>
</Towers>
</root>
Я прочитал данные, хранящиеся в XML-файле, в словари bigRoomAvailabilityDict и smallRoomAvailabilityDict в соответствии с требованиями, позже я использовал эти два словаря для справки, и теперь мне нужно обновить XML-файл. Я завершил чтение XML-файла, и логика проверок также выполнена, но я застрял в обновлении XML-файла.





Если мы просто сосредоточимся на обновлении XML, я бы передал дерево в качестве аргумента и передал dict, содержащий другие значения.
Эти значения можно использовать в предикатах xpath, чтобы сузить круг элементов, которые нужно обновить. Это должно быть намного проще, чем использование циклов for для проверки значений элементов.
Пример...
Параметры из вопроса (изменен tower one на Tower one, чтобы соответствовать XML)
For Eg: for TowerName = Tower one, meetingRoomName = ABC and for MeetingRoomTimeStamp = "2018-05-31 00:45:00", I have to update isMeetingRoomAvailable value to 1.
Ввод XML (test.xml) (изменен, чтобы быть меньше оригинала)
<root>
<Towers>
<Tower>
<TowerName>Tower one</TowerName>
<MeetingRooms>
<BigMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>ABC</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_ABC</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>JKL</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_JKL</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</BigMeetingRooms>
<SmallMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>XYZ</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_XYZ</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</SmallMeetingRooms>
</MeetingRooms>
</Tower>
</Towers>
</root>
Python 3.6
from lxml import etree
import sys
tower_name = "Tower one"
meeting_room = "ABC"
timestamp = "2018-05-31 00:45:00"
def update_xml(to_update, params):
try:
node = to_update.xpath("/root/Towers/Tower[TowerName='{}']/MeetingRooms/*/"
"MeetingRoom[MeetingRoomName='{}']/"
"MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo[MeetingRoomTimeStamp='{}']/isMeetingRoomAvailable"
.format(params.get("TowerName"), params.get("MeetingRoom"), params.get("timestamp")))[0]
except IndexError:
sys.exit("cant find the xpath to update")
else:
node.text = "1"
tree = etree.parse("test.xml")
update_xml(tree, {"TowerName": tower_name, "MeetingRoom": meeting_room, "timestamp": timestamp})
print(etree.tostring(tree, encoding = "unicode", pretty_print=True))
Выход (из печати)
<root>
<Towers>
<Tower>
<TowerName>Tower one</TowerName>
<MeetingRooms>
<BigMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>ABC</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_ABC</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:45:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>1</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 01:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>JKL</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_JKL</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</BigMeetingRooms>
<SmallMeetingRooms>
<MeetingRoom>
<MeetingRoomName>XYZ</MeetingRoomName>
<MeetingRoomMailId>mail_id_XYZ</MeetingRoomMailId>
<MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
<MeetingRoomTimeStamp>2018-05-31 00:00:00</MeetingRoomTimeStamp>
<isMeetingRoomAvailable>0</isMeetingRoomAvailable>
</MeetingRoomAvailabilityInfo>
</MeetingRoom>
</SmallMeetingRooms>
</MeetingRooms>
</Tower>
</Towers>
</root>
Откуда взялся "запрошенный шаблон"? Я не вижу, как
bigRoomAvailabilityDictиsmallRoomAvailabilityDictимеют какое-либо отношение к функцииupdateXML(которая не вызывается в вашем фрагменте).