convert_gt_xml.py

import sys
import os
import glob
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

# make sure that the cwd() in the beginning is the location of the python script (so that every path makes sense)
os.chdir(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

# change directory to the one with the files to be changed
parent_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), os.pardir))
parent_path = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(parent_path, os.pardir))
GT_PATH = os.path.join(parent_path, 'input','ground-truth')
#print(GT_PATH)
os.chdir(GT_PATH)

# old files (xml format) will be moved to a "backup" folder
## create the backup dir if it doesn't exist already
if not os.path.exists("backup"):
  os.makedirs("backup")

# create VOC format files
xml_list = glob.glob('*.xml')
if len(xml_list) == 0:
  print("Error: no .xml files found in ground-truth")
  sys.exit()
for tmp_file in xml_list:
  #print(tmp_file)
  # 1. create new file (VOC format)
  with open(tmp_file.replace(".xml", ".txt"), "a") as new_f:
    root = ET.parse(tmp_file).getroot()
    for obj in root.findall('object'):
      obj_name = obj.find('name').text
      bndbox = obj.find('bndbox')
      left = bndbox.find('xmin').text
      top = bndbox.find('ymin').text
      right = bndbox.find('xmax').text
      bottom = bndbox.find('ymax').text
      new_f.write("%s %s %s %s %s\n" % (obj_name, left, top, right, bottom))
  # 2. move old file (xml format) to backup
  os.rename(tmp_file, os.path.join("backup", tmp_file))
print("Conversion completed!")