Parse strings from an exported vRO Configuration Element with Python

parseVroConfigElement.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import argparse
import json
import sys
import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET

parser = argparse.ArgumentParser('Parse strings from exported vRO Configuration Element XML')
parser.add_argument('FILE',help='ConfigElement XML file path')
group = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=True)
group.add_argument('-n','--name',dest='vroAttribute',help='Attribute Name to parse')
group.add_argument('--json',dest='jsonOut',action='store_true',help='Parse Configuration Element as a JSON object')

cliArgs = parser.parse_args()

tree = ET.parse(cliArgs.FILE)
vroAttribute = cliArgs.vroAttribute

root = tree.getroot()
ourConfig = {}
for attr in root.iter('att'):
    attributeName = attr.get('name')
    attributeType = attr.get('type')
    if attributeType == 'Array/string':
        encodedValues = attr.find('value').text
        encodedValues = encodedValues.replace('"','\\"')
        encodedValues = encodedValues.replace('#;#string#','","')
        encodedValues = encodedValues.replace('#}#','"]')
        jsonValues = encodedValues.replace('#{#string#','["')
        ourConfig[attributeName] = json.loads(jsonValues)
    elif attributeType == 'string':
        ourConfig[attributeName] = attr.find('value').text

if cliArgs.jsonOut:
    print(json.dumps(ourConfig))
else:
    if isinstance(ourConfig[vroAttribute],list):
        for attr in ourConfig[vroAttribute]:
            print(attr)
    else:
        print(ourConfig[vroAttribute])