1176452 - Invalid XML returned from User.get()

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 839023

(Bugzilla :: WebService, defect)

Description

[Mark Côté [:mcote]]

Attachment: query-user-xml-bug.py

On bugzilla.mozilla.org I am getting invalid XML returned from a User.get() call for one specific user: https://bugzilla-dev.allizom.org/user_profile?login=yokada%40art.osaka-med.ac.jp  It seems that the presence of escape characters in the user's real name is a problem.

This invalid XML causes an exception in Python's xmlrpclib (tested in Python 2.7.9).  See attached script and output.  Similar output is also in attachment 8624991 [details] in bug 1169724, where this bug was discovered (on prod).  If you open that attachment, Firefox will try to parse it and fail, so it's not just a problem with Python's parser.

To verify, run the attached script, passing a valid API key for bugzilla-dev:

    python query-user-xml-bug.py <api key>

Comment 1

[Mark Côté [:mcote]]

Attachment: script output

Comment 2

[Mark Côté [:mcote]]

Heh glad revoking API keys is so easy, sigh. :)

Comment 3

[:glob ✱]

pretty sure this is another instance bug 839023