This project is no longer being actively developed. If you are interested in generating KML using Python, visit http://code.google.com/p/pykml/

pylibkml is Python wrapper for Google's libkml library that allows for creating valid KML documents using a more 'pythonic' syntax than the SWIG-generated Python bindings provided by libkml.

For example, the following code generates a placemark object using pylibkml: from pylibkml import Kml placemark = Kml().create_placemark({ 'name' : 'Placemark Name', 'snippet' : 'Sample Snippet', 'description' : 'Sample Description', 'timestamp' : {'when': '5/19/2009'}, 'point' : Kml().create_point({ 'extrude' : True, 'altitudemode' : 'relativetoground', 'coordinates' : Kml().create_coordinates(-120,40), }) })

This is equivalent to the following code, which generates a placemark object using libkml: import kmldom factory = kmldom.KmlFactory_GetFactory() placemark = factory.CreatePlacemark() placemark.set_name('Placemark Name') snip = factory.CreateSnippet() snip.set_text('Sample Snippet') placemark.set_snippet(snip) placemark.set_description('Sample Description'.encode()) timestamp = factory.CreateTimeStamp() timestamp.set_when('5/19/2009') placemark.set_timeprimitive(timestamp) coordinates = factory.CreateCoordinates() coordinates.add_latlng(40, -120) point = factory.CreatePoint() point.set_altitudemode(kmldom.ALTITUDEMODE_RELATIVETOGROUND) point.set_extrude(True) point.set_coordinates(coordinates) placemark.set_geometry(point)

Both code blocks result in the following KML text (once serialized using kmldom.SerializeRaw(placemark)):

<Placemark> <name>Placemark Name</name> <Snippet>Sample Snippet</Snippet> <description>Sample Description</description> <TimeStamp> <when>5/19/2009</when> </TimeStamp> <Point> <extrude>1</extrude> <altitudeMode>relativeToGround</altitudeMode> <coordinates>-120,40,0\n</coordinates> </Point> </Placemark>