# Python: Parse ghx files with ElementTree?

**URL:** <https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/python-parse-ghx-files-with-elementtree/48864>\
**Category:** Grasshopper Developer\
**Tags:** grasshopper, python\
**Created:** [November 3, 2017, 7:58pm UTC](https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/python-parse-ghx-files-with-elementtree/48864 "2017-11-03T19:58:19Z")\
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If you want, metahopper allows you to do this without custom scripting - just supply a list of filepaths to the DocumentInfo component and you’ll get a listing of all components and params from each file.

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