[Python] Convert XML to JSON using xmltodict package

I'm trying to convert the below XML file to JSON using xmltodict package but getting Expat syntax error

abc.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<testsuites tests="1" failures="0" disabled="0" errors="0" time="0.213" timestamp="2025-06-22T17:35:10.404" name="AllTests">
<testsuite name="qw" tests="4" failures="0" disabled="0" skipped="0" errors="0" time="0.213" timestamp="2025-06-22T17:35:10.404">
<testcase name="er" file="" line="" status="run" result="PASSED" time="0.0" timestamp="2025-06-22T17:35:10.404" classname="qw" />
</testsuite>
</testsuites>


main.py:

import xmltodict, json

def main():

o = xmltodict.parse("abc.xml")
json.dumps(o)

if __name__ == "__main__":
main()


Error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/harry/xml_to_json/main.py", line 9, in <module>
main()
File "/home/harry/xml_to_json/main.py", line 5, in main
o = xmltodict.parse("abc.xml")
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/harry/xml_to_json/.venv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/xmltodict.py", line 359, in parse
parser.Parse(xml_input, True)
xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: syntax error: line 1, column 0

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