On 19 Oct, 14:44, StarWing <weasley...@sina.com> wrote: > On Oct 19, 9:15 pm, khany <sharif.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > On 19 Oct, 13:44, khany <sharif.k...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > hello all, > > > > i am relatively new to python and i am trying to convert a php app i > > > have over to it using googleapps. > > > > anyway here is the problem. i poll ebay API which has in its XML "<? > > > xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><findItemsAdvancedRequest > > > xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/search/v1/services"> .... " > > > > however it fails to create the string UNLESS i remove the colon (:) in > > > the http section. i tried to substitute it with chr(58) but it errors > > > the same without showing why. does anyone know what i am doing wrong? > > > is this peculiar to googleapps? > > > > thanks > > > OK > > > first thanks for replying so soon (most other groups out there take > > days) > > > here is the code > > > ======== > > xml = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> \ > > <findItemsAdvancedRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/ > > search/v1/services"> \ > > <categoryId>%(category)i</categoryId> \ > > <keywords>%(searchtext)s</keywords> \ > > <paginationInput> \ > > <pageNumber>%(page)i</pageNumber> \ > > <entriesPerPage>10</entriesPerPage> \ > > </paginationInput> \ > > </findItemsAdvancedRequest>' % \ > > {'category':9834, 'searchtext':"bmw", 'page':1} > > print xml > > ======== > > > if i run this, the page is blank (even the source) with no errors or > > anything. if i remove the colon from the string (after the http) it > > prints the string on the browser fine. > > > HTH > > you can use a tri-quote string or make sure all lines end with \: > xml1 = """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <findItemsAdvancedRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/\ > search/v1/services"> > <categoryId>%(category)i</categoryId> > <keywords>%(searchtext)s</keywords> > <paginationInput> > <pageNumber>%(page)i</pageNumber> > <entriesPerPage>10</entriesPerPage> > </paginationInput> > </findItemsAdvancedRequest>""" % \ > {'category':9834, 'searchtext':"bmw", 'page':1} > > xml2 = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>\n\ > <findItemsAdvancedRequest xmlns="http://www.ebay.com/marketplace/\ > search/v1/services">\n\ > <categoryId>%(category)i</categoryId>\n\ > <keywords>%(searchtext)s</keywords>\n\ > <paginationInput>\n\ > <pageNumber>%(page)i</pageNumber>\n\ > <entriesPerPage>10</entriesPerPage>\n\ > </paginationInput>\n\ > </findItemsAdvancedRequest>' % \ > {'category':9834, 'searchtext':"bmw", 'page':1} > > print xml1 > print xml2
StarWing, The triple String works a treat thanks. Not sure what the colon issue was though. Now im getting Unsupported verb errors but thats an ebay API issue i can work with. Thanks to all for your help khany -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list