I try to parse a soap/xml an= swer like:

<=3Bsoapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv=3D"http://schemas.xm= lsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xm= lns:xsi=3D"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">=3B
=3B&nbs= p=3B <=3Bsoapenv:Body>=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B &= lt=3Bns1:giftPkgResponse soapenv:encodingStyle=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.or= g/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1=3D"http://192.168.2.135:8490/gift-ws/services/S= RV_GIFT_PKG">=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B <=3BgiftPkgReturn soapenc:arrayType=3D"xsd:string[2]" xsi:typ= e=3D"soapenc:Array" xmlns:soapenc=3D"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encodi= ng/">=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B <=3BgiftPkgReturn>=3B xsi:type=3D"xsd:strin= g">=3B0<=3B/giftPkgReturn">=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B <=3BgiftPkgReturn&g= t=3B xsi:type=3D"xsd:string">=3BOK<=3B/giftPkgReturn>=3B xsi:type=3D"= xsd:string">=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B <=3B/giftPkgReturn>=3B
=3B =3B =3B =3B&= nbsp=3B <=3B/ns1:giftPkgResponse>=3B
=3B =3B <=3B/soapenv= :Body>=3B
<=3B/soapenv:Envelope>=3B

here is my code
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import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
import re

def parse(answer= ):
=3B =3B =3B print"\nANSWER<=3B<=3B"=2C answer
&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B try:
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B tree =3D ET.fromstring(answer)
=3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B result =3D {}
=3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B for item in tree.getiterator():
=3B&nbs= p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B if item.tag in ['giftPkgReturn'=2C 'giftPkgReturn']:
=3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B= =3B =3B =3B =3B result[item.tag] =3D item.text

&nbs= p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B print "get<=3B<=3B= %s" % result.get('status'=2C None)
=3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B resp1 =3D result.get('giftPkgReturn'=2C None)
= =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B resp2 =3D result.get('g= iftPkgReturn'=2C None)

=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B if (resp1 =3D=3D "0" and resp2 =3D=3D "OK"):
=3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B= logger.info("Successful")
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B print "OK:"
=3B =3B= =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B re= turn 0
=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B else: =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&n= bsp=3B =3B logger.info("Unsuccessful")
=3B =3B =3B = =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B return -1
=3B =3B =3B =3B except Exception=2C Err:
=3B&nbs= p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B = =3B print "\nERROR <=3B<=3B"=2C str(Err)
=3B =3B =3B&nb= sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B return -1
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I got the error=2C i'm no a xml expert but it seem= s than the answser does not look like a pure xml. =3B i also tried with= lxml instead of xml library but the result is te same

xml lib
ER= ROR <=3B<=3B not well-formed (invalid token): line 5=2C column 77
lxml
ERROR <=3B<=3B expected '>=3B'=2C line 5=2C column 37

could you help me to correctly parse the answer please?

regard= s=2C
Miguel