Expat Parser

from xml.parsers.expat import ParserCreate

fname = 'test.xml'

def start_element(name, attrs): print name
def end_element(name): pass
def char_data(data): pass

parser = ParserCreate()
parser.StartElementHandler = start_element
parser.EndElementHandler = end_element
parser.CharacterDataHandler = char_data
with open(fname, 'r') as f:
 data = f.read()
parser.Parse(data)