from lxml import etree # envelope = etree.XML('') body = etree.Element("soap12") GetReport = etree.SubElement(body, "GetReport") reportName = etree.SubElement(body, "Orders") print(body.tag) # # # # # 40fb3d62-abfd-4476-b99f-75035aa1c0da # Orders # # Order ID # Order Price # # # # 866c9811-f51d-4910-adb7-6321ec7f19ea