How to Parse XML with ElementTree

import xml.etree.cElementTree as ET
def parseXML(xml_file):
    """
    Parse XML with ElementTree
    """
    tree = ET.ElementTree(file=xml_file)
    print(tree.getroot())
    root = tree.getroot()
    print("tag=%s, attrib=%s" % (root.tag, root.attrib))
    for child in root:
        print(child.tag, child.attrib)
        if child.tag == "appointment":
            for step_child in child:
                print(step_child.tag)
    # iterate over the entire tree
    print("-" * 40)
    print("Iterating using a tree iterator")
    print("-" * 40)
    iter_ = tree.getiterator()
    for elem in iter_:
        print(elem.tag)
    # get the information via the children!
    print("-" * 40)
    print("Iterating using getchildren()")
    print("-" * 40)
    appointments = root.getchildren()
    for appointment in appointments:
        appt_children = appointment.getchildren()
        for appt_child in appt_children:
            print("%s=%s" % (appt_child.tag, appt_child.text))
if __name__ == "__main__":
    parseXML("appt.xml")