Hello, I am currently trying to write some scripts to get information from the xmlrpc for redhat network. One of the issues I am having is trying to strip off the special characters in the hash that is returned. Here is an example of the information returned within the hash :
===SNIP=== {'errata_update_date': '2005-12-06', 'errata_topic': 'Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now\navailable.\n\nThis update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team.', 'errata_type': 'Security Advisory', 'errata_notes': '', 'errata_synopsis': 'Moderate: libc-client security update', 'errata_references': '', 'errata_last_modified_date': '2006-01-25 10:37:24', 'errata_issue_date': '2005-12-06', 'errata_description': 'C-client is a common API for accessing mailboxes.\n\nA buffer overflow flaw was discovered in the way C-client parses user\nsupplied mailboxes. If an authenticated user requests a specially crafted\nmailbox name, it may be possible to execute arbitrary code on a server that\nuses C-client to access mailboxes. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures\nproject has assigned the name CVE-2005-2933 to this issue.\n\nAll users of libc-client should upgrade to these updated packages, which\ncontain a backported patch that resolves this issue.'} ===SNIP=== What I would like to do is remove the \n characters from 'errata_topic'. Which is this section of the hash. Updated libc-client packages that fix a buffer overflow issue are now\navailable.\n\nThis update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red\nHat Security Response Team. What I had attempted to do is use the replace() function but it consistantly comes up with the following errors: Traceback (most recent call last): File "rhn_errata.py", line 63, in ? errata_package = errata_package.strip('\n','') AttributeError: 'dict' object has no attribute 'strip' where errata_package is JUST the errata_topic hash value. Any advice would be great on how to do that. Regards, Johhny -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list