Possible Parser For Unknown String Format(soup?) From Suds.client

I am using suds package to query a API from a website, the data returned from their website looks like this,: (1). Can anyone tell me what kind of format is this? (2). If so, what

Solution 1:

This looks like some kind of nested repr output, similar to JSON but with structure or object name information ("a Status contains a message and a code"). If it's nested, regexes alone won't do the job. Here is a rough pass at a pyparsing parser

sample = """
... given sample text ...
 """from pyparsing import *

# punctuation
LPAR,RPAR,LBRACE,RBRACE,LBRACK,RBRACK,COMMA,EQ = map(Suppress,"(){}[],=")

identifier = Word(alphas,alphanums+"_")

# define some types that can get converted to Python types# (parse actions will do conversion at parse time)
NONE = Keyword("None").setParseAction(replaceWith(None))
integer = Word(nums).setParseAction(lambda t:int(t[0]))
quotedString.setParseAction(removeQuotes)

# define a placeholder for a nested object definition (since objDefn# will be referenced within its own definition)
objDefn = Forward()

objType = Combine(LPAR + identifier + RPAR)

objval = quotedString | NONE | integer | Group(objDefn)
objattr = Group(identifier + EQ + objval)

arrayattr = Group(identifier + LBRACK + RBRACK + EQ + Group(OneOrMore(Group(objDefn)+COMMA)) )

# use '<<' operator to assign content to previously declared Forward
objDefn << objType + LBRACE + ZeroOrMore((arrayattr | objattr) + Optional(COMMA)) + RBRACE
# parse sample text
result = objDefn.parseString(sample)

# use pprint to list out indented parsed dataimport pprint
pprint.pprint(result.asList())

Prints:

['DetailResult',
 ['status', ['Status', ['message', None], ['code', '0']]],
 ['searchArgument',
  ['DetailSearchArgument',
   ['reqPartNumber', 'BQ'],
   ['reqMfg', 'T'],
   ['reqCpn', None]]],
 ['detailsDto',
  [['DetailsDto',
    ['summaryDto',
     ['SummaryDto',
      ['PartNumber', 'BQ'],
      ['seMfg', 'T'],
      ['description', 'Fast']]],
    ['packageDto',
     [['PackageDto', ['fetName', 'a'], ['fetValue', 'b']],
      ['PackageDto', ['fetName', 'c'], ['fetValue', 'd']],
      ['PackageDto', ['fetName', 'd'], ['fetValue', 'z']],
      ['PackageDto', ['fetName', 'f'], ['fetValue', 'Sq']],
      ['PackageDto', ['fetName', 'g'], ['fetValue', 'p']]]],
    ['additionalDetailsDto',
     ['AdditionalDetailsDto',
      ['cr', None],
      ['pOptions', None],
      ['inv', None],
      ['pcns', None]]],
    ['partImageDto', None],
    ['riskDto',
     ['RiskDto',
      ['life', 'Low'],
      ['lStage', 'Mature'],
      ['yteol', '10'],
      ['Date', '2023']]],
    ['partOptionsDto',
     [['ReplacementDto',
       ['partNumber', 'BQ2'],
       ['manufacturer', 'T'],
       ['type', 'Reel']]]],
    ['inventoryDto',
     [['InventoryDto',
       ['distributor', 'V'],
       ['quantity', '88'],
       ['buyNowLink', 'https://www...']],
      ['InventoryDto',
       ['distributor', 'R'],
       ['quantity', '7'],
       ['buyNowLink', 'http://www.r.']],
      ['InventoryDto',
       ['distributor', 'RS'],
       ['quantity', '2'],
       ['buyNowLink', 'http://www.rs..']]]]]]]]