python regex match all character including newline

Asked Nov 13 '19 at 15:22

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In python I can't match all character including newline. This is the string

<ebl:NotificationSignature xmlns:ebl="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents">
  4tzL1OLLe3eEchFIDFFJbA==</ebl:NotificationSignature>

This is the regex I've used

re.findall('<ebl:NotificationSignature xmlns:ebl="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents>"(.*?)</ebl:NotificationSignature>', body)

I tried with this one:

    re.findall('<ebl:NotificationSignature xmlns:ebl="urn:ebay:apis:eBLBaseComponents>"(.*?|\n*)</ebl:NotificationSignature>', body)

They return nothing. I am using python 2.7.

edited Nov 13 '19 at 15:23

Wiktor Stribiżew

asked Nov 13 '19 at 15:22

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The first regex is fine, just use `re.DOTALL` or `re.S` as `flags` argument. However, an XML parser based solution would be more appropriate since you have XML. – Wiktor Stribiżew Nov 13 '19 at 15:25
@WiktorStribiżew I think the real issue is that the regex has `eBLBaseComponents>"` instead of `eBLBaseComponents">` (note that the positions of the `"` and `>` characters are swapped from their positions in the original string) – Donut Nov 13 '19 at 15:26
@Donut That is a typo, the real issue is stated at the top: *In python I can't match all character including newline.* – Wiktor Stribiżew Nov 13 '19 at 15:28
I had problem with namespace using xpath from lxml. I only need few tags. – blob Nov 13 '19 at 15:30

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