iCmd5250 not working with DirectTransport about python-itoolkit

[ranga543]

@kadler any idea ?

[kadler]

The error indicates that the XML returned from XMLSERVICE could not be parsed. What does itool.xml_out() show?, eg.

itool.call(itransport)
print(itool.xml_out())

[ranga543]

@kadler No, luck I tried that as well it's giving following output

<?xml version="1.0" ?><xmlservice>
<error>*BADPARSE</error>
<error><![CDATA[ ?xml version='1.0'? xmlservice /sh /xmlservice ]]></error>
</xmlservice>

[kadler]

Could be running in to this problem: https://github.com/IBM/python-itoolkit#ilibcall-and-64-bit-support

You can try installing SI70667 or SI70668.

[ranga543]

@kadler after installing SI70667 PTF we are getting following error

sh: syntax error at line 1 : `(' unexpected
<?xml version="1.0" ?><xmlservice><sh error="on" var="aspgroup_cmd">
</sh>
</xmlservice>

[kadler]

Oh, right. The way iCmd5250 is programmed, it doesn't support passing parameters...

[ranga543]

@kadler I tried without parameters and it's returning

from itoolkit import *
from itoolkit.transport import DirectTransport
from itoolkit.lib.ilibcall import *

# modify iToolKit not include row node
itransport = DirectTransport()
#itransport = iLibCall()
itool = iToolKit()
itool.add(iCmd5250('aspgroup_cmd', 'SETASPGRP TEST', {'error': 'on'}))
itool.call(itransport)
cmd_out = itool.xml_out()
print (cmd_out)

<?xml version="1.0" ?><xmlservice><sh error="on" var="aspgroup_cmd">
</sh>
</xmlservice>

[kadler]

Calling SETASPGRP will never work as expected with iCmd5250 as this is merely a wrapper around iSh, calling /QOpenSys/usr/bin/system to execute the command. This will cause a new job to start, set the ASP group, then exit.

The issue related to quoting and passing arguments has been fixed and will be in version 1.7 when it gets released.