export-xml.py

#! /usr/bin/python
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import sys
import commands
import json

# Use the taskwarrior 2.0+ export command to filter and return JSON
command = "/usr/local/bin/task rc.verbose=nothing rc.json.array=no export " + " ".join (sys.argv[1:])

# Generate output.
print "<tasks>"
for task in commands.getoutput (command).split (",\n"):
    data = json.loads (task)
    print "  <task>"
    for name,value in data.items ():
        if name == "annotations":
            print "    <annotations>"
            for anno in value:
                print "      <annotation>"
                for name,value in anno.items ():
                    print "        <{0}>{1}</{0}>".format (name, value)
                    print "      </annotation>"
                    print "    </annotations>"
        elif name == "tags":
            print "    <tags>"
            for tag in value:
                print "      <tag>{0}</tag>".format (tag)
                print "    </tags>"
        else:
            print "    <{0}>{1}</{0}>".format (name, value)
    print "  </task>"
print "</tasks>"
sys.exit (0)

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