How to generate a Gramps xml file outside of Gramps?

Yeah, a BeautifulSoup or Selenium add-on for Gramps would be nice for Gramps. ( html - Use Python to Scrape for Data in Family Search Records - Stack Overflow or Web Scraping Tutorial Using Selenium & Python (+ examples) | ScrapingBee )

But data scraping makes wonder how (or whether) to integrate the data with your painstakingly curated Tree? In many cases, there is an attraction to doing prospecting trips in your research to collect leads. But while collecting, you’re well aware that most of the leads won’t pan out. You just want keep them neat and accessible, not fold them into your Tree prematurely.

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