#XMind SDK for python

XMind SDK for python to help Python developers to easily work with XMind files and build XMind extensions.

##Install XMind SDK for python

Clone the repository to a local working directory

git clone https://github.com/xmindltd/xmind-sdk-python.git

Now there will be a directory named xmind-sdk-python under the current directory. Change to the directory xmind-sdk-python and install XMind SDK for python.

python setup.py install

It is highly recommended to install XMind SDK for python under an isolated python environment using virtualenv

##Usage

Open an existing XMind file or create a new XMind file and place it into a given path

import xmind
workbook = xmind.load(/path/to/file/)  # Requires '.xmind' extension

Save XMind file to a path. If the path is not given then the API will save to the path set in the workbook

xmind.save(workbook)

or:

xmind.save(workbook, /save/file/to/path)

##LICENSE

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2013 XMind, Ltd

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