Remove empty paragraphs

imxml2django.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2018-09-13 15:15:48 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2019-02-15 15:23:43 (kthoden)>
 
 """
 Create an XML file that can be inserted into the Django database
@@ -639,13 +639,17 @@ def djangoParseObject(xmlElement, indent=False, listtype=None, listnumber=0, uid
             # throw them out for the time being
             xmlResult = etree.Element("temp")
         else:
-            xmlElement.tag = "EOAparagraph"
-            quoted_paragraph = xmlElement.get("rend")
-            if quoted_paragraph is not None and quoted_paragraph == "quoted":
-                xmlElement.set("rend", "quoted")
-            xmlElement.set("order", str(intObjectNumber))
-            intObjectNumber += 1
-            xmlResult = xmlElement
+            if xmlElement.getchildren() == [] and not xmlElement.text:
+                logging.debug(f"Removing empty paragraph")
+                xmlResult = etree.Element("temp")
+            else:
+                xmlElement.tag = "EOAparagraph"
+                quoted_paragraph = xmlElement.get("rend")
+                if quoted_paragraph is not None and quoted_paragraph == "quoted":
+                    xmlElement.set("rend", "quoted")
+                xmlElement.set("order", str(intObjectNumber))
+                intObjectNumber += 1
+                xmlResult = xmlElement
     else:
         print("SPECIAL: %s - %s" % (xmlElement, xmlElement.text))
         xmlResult = xmlElement