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I'm attempting to parse an RSS XML file using Diffused XML in Python 3.7. The relevant code is as follows:

def parse_xml_links(file, path, output):

    handler = GenericContentHandler(path, output)

    dsax.parse(file, handler)



def fetch_changes():

    r = requests.get(rss_url)

    return r



updates = fetch_changes()

parse_xml_links(updates.text, path, output)

The XML file header is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>

<rss version="0.91">

I get the following error on parsing:

ValueError: unknown url type: '?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>nn

The error occurs only when I attempt to parse a requests object, i.e. updates.text. No error occurs if I point to a local XML file.

I've tried this solution using this code:

parser = dsax.make_parser()

parser.setFeature(handler.feature_external_ges, False)

parser(file, handler, path, output)

However, the handler object doesn't have the attribute "feature_external_ges".

What is the error source, and how do you recommend I fix it? Obviously, I could save the requests object and parse the saved file; however, I'd like to understand if it's possible to parse the requests object.