# maci.xmldumpdict

### dumping a file

Dumps a dictionary to a file formatted as XML. Nothing is returned. Creates a new or overwrites an existing file by default (See [append parameter](https://docs.macilib.org/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmldumpdict#append-bool) to change mode).

*Basic Example of dumping data to a file using default positional parameters*

```python
maci.xmldumpdict('mydata.xml', data)
```

In this example, we simply dump data to a file using the xmldumpdict function and pass a string of the filepath to the file as the first argument to the function, then pass the dictionary data as the second argument to the function. 

### partner functions

Functions that are related for xml as dict

[maci.xmlloaddict](/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmlloaddict.md)  ->  Loads xml data from a file as dict\
[maci.xmlloadstrdict](/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmlloadstrdict.md)  ->  Loads xml data from a string as dict\
[maci.xmldumpstrdict](/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmldumpstrdict.md)  ->  Dumps xml data to a string from dict

### parameters & arguments

Describes all parameter functionality and accepted data types

<details>

<summary>filename:  str | Path</summary>

First required positional argument. Accepts strings and [Path objects](https://docs.python.org/3/library/pathlib.html)

Use this parameter to point to your filepath

</details>

<details>

<summary>data:  dict[str, Any]</summary>

Second required positional argument. Accepts dictionaries

Use this parameter to pass in the data you want to dump to a file.

</details>

<details>

<summary>append:  bool</summary>

Optional parameter. Accepts booleans. Default = False

Use this parameter to enable appending mode to write by appending data to the file. A new file will be created if the filename does not exist. Default is disabled which writes new or overwrites a file.

</details>

<details>

<summary>pretty:  bool</summary>

Optional parameter. Accepts booleans. Default = True

Use this parameter to enable automatic indentation writes on sub-elements. Disable if you want all xml data to be in one line.

</details>

<details>

<summary>full_doc:  bool</summary>

Optional parameter. Accepts booleans. Default = True

Use this parameter to enable output to be a complete xml document, which includes the xml declaration at the top. Default is enabled for formal xml document info. Disabling is useful when you only need a portion of an XML document or when you are generating xml.

</details>

*This function uses the xmltodict library installed as a dependency from pypi for its underlying functionality. For more information on xmltodict, visit:* [*https://pypi.org/project/xmltodict/*](https://pypi.org/project/xmltodict/)

**Security awareness**: It is important to evaluate handling XML data carefully as there are known vulnerabilities in dealing with XML data. Please refer to the [official python documentation](https://docs.python.org/3/library/xml.etree.elementtree.html).


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