PyXer is an open source project to parse Primavera xer files in python. The project is work in progress and open for community contributions.

In order to install a copy in your system you can use pip package manager as follows:

pip install PyP6XER

The usage of the library is fairly simple and the import examples can be:

from xerparser.reader import Reader

Here are some examples of reading and parsing xer files:

xer = Reader("<filename>") # this returns a reader object  

to reade all projects in file as one xer file may have multiple projects stored into it:

for project in xer.projects:
  print(project)