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# maci.xmlloadstrdict

### loading a string

Loads xml string data, and returns data as a dictionary.

{% hint style="info" %}
maci.xmlloadstrdict  ->  dict\[str, Any]
{% endhint %}

*Basic Example of loading a xml string using default positional parameter*

```python
data = maci.xmlloadstrdict('<mydata><data1>one</data1></mydata>')
```

In this example, we simply load xml data from a string using the xmlloadstrdict function and pass a string as an argument to the function to load the xml data, and assign the returned data to a variable.

Access data as you normally would with a dictionary in python.

Note: All values in xml data are returned as strings.

### 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.xmldumpdict](/docs/xml/functions/maci.xmldumpdict.md)  ->  Dumps xml data to a file from 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>xml_str_data:  str</summary>

First and only required positional argument. Accepts strings

Use this parameter to pass in your xml formatted string data

</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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