--- ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2009/04/14 16:31:27	1.97
+++ ECHO_content/ECHO_helpers.py	2009/04/16 15:40:42	1.98
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import bz2
 import xmlrpclib
 import sys
 import logging
+import amara
 
 #erstzt logging
 def logger(txt,method,txt2):
@@ -653,7 +654,17 @@ def readFieldFromXML(meta_url,parent,fie
 
         return getText(field[0].childNodes)
         
-        
+def readFieldFromXML_xpath(meta_url,xpath):
+    """xpath auf meta_url"""
+    #logging.debug("try to parse:"+meta_url)
+    #logging.debug("Xtry to parse xpath:"+xpath)
+    doc = amara.parse(meta_url)
+    #logging.debug("have:"+doc.xml())
+    node= doc.xml_xpath(xpath)
+    if node is None:
+        return None
+    
+    return unicode(node[0])
               
 def urlopen(url):
         """urlopen mit timeout"""