# maci.xmldumpstrdict

### dumping a string

Dumps a dictionary to a string formatted as XML.

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

```python
xml_string = maci.xmldumpstrdict(data)
```

In this example, we simply dump data to a string using the xmldumpstrdict function and pass dictionary data as an argument to the function, and assign the returned data to a variable. 

### partner functions

Functions that are related for xml as dict

[maci.xmlloaddict](https://docs.macilib.org/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmlloaddict)  ->  Loads xml data from a file as dict\
[maci.xmlloadstrdict](https://docs.macilib.org/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmlloadstrdict)  ->  Loads xml data from a string as dict\
[maci.xmldumpdict](https://docs.macilib.org/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmldumpdict)  ->  Dumps xml data to a file from dict

### parameters & arguments

Describes all parameter functionality and accepted data types

<details>

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

First and only required positional argument. Accepts dictionaries

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

</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).