Utils.py

import urllib, xml.dom.minidom, xbmc

def log(msg):
    print ' >> script.extendedinfo: %s' % str(msg)
    
def GetStringFromUrl(encurl):
    
    f = urllib.urlopen(  encurl)
    doc = f.read()
    f.close()
    
    return str(doc)

def GetValue(node, tag):
    v = node.getElementsByTagName(tag)
    if len(v) == 0:
        return '-'
    
    if len(v[0].childNodes) == 0:
        return '-'
    
    return unicode(v[0].childNodes[0].data)

def GetAttribute(node, attr):
    v = unicode(node.getAttribute(tag))
    
def Notify(header, line='', line2='', line3=''):
    xbmc.executebuiltin('Notification(%s,%s,%s,%s)' % (header, line, line2, line3) )