Pyez parsing lxml Element example

get_flow.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

from jnpr.junos import Device

def build_dict(xml):
   jflow = {}

   # 1st entry in xml is <inline_jflow_flow_information>
   inline_jflow_flow_information = xml[0]

   for element in inline_jflow_flow_information:
      tag = element.tag.strip('\n')
      text = element.text.strip('\n')
      jflow[tag] = text
   return jflow

dev = Device(host='router', user='username', password='pass' )
dev.open(gather_facts=False)
xml_response = (
dev.rpc.get_service_accounting_status_inline_jflow_flow_information(inline_jflow_flow_information='0')
)

jflow = build_dict(xml_response)

for key, value in jflow.iteritems():
  print "{}: {}".format(key, value)