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Script errors when trying to post item.yml

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Hi Guys,

Getting script erros when trying to post a file. I am not sure if anyone can sniff out the issue here, I am a total Python noob.

python3 kijiji_repost_headless repost posts/7030-woodbine/item.yml

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/alt/python35/lib64/python3.5/runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main
    "__main__", mod_spec)
  File "/opt/alt/python35/lib64/python3.5/runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code
    exec(code, run_globals)
  File "kijiji_repost_headless/__main__.py", line 195, in <module>
    main()
  File "kijiji_repost_headless/__main__.py", line 51, in main
    args.function(args)
  File "kijiji_repost_headless/__main__.py", line 139, in repost_ad
    api.login(args.username, args.password)
  File "kijiji_repost_headless/kijiji_api.py", line 96, in login
    'ca.kijiji.xsrf.token': get_token(resp.text, 'ca.kijiji.xsrf.token'),
  File "kijiji_repost_headless/kijiji_api.py", line 38, in get_token
    res = soup.select("[name={}]".format(attrib_name))
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/bs4/element.py", line 1376, in select
    return soupsieve.select(selector, self, namespaces, limit, **kwargs)
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/__init__.py", line 108, in select
    return compile(select, namespaces, flags).select(tag, limit)
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/__init__.py", line 59, in compile
    return cp._cached_css_compile(pattern, namespaces, flags)
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/css_parser.py", line 178, in _cached_css_compile
    CSSParser(pattern, flags).process_selectors(),
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/css_parser.py", line 810, in process_selectors
    return self.parse_selectors(self.selector_iter(self.pattern), index, flags)
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/css_parser.py", line 688, in parse_selectors
    key, m = next(iselector)
  File "/home/zachatki/virtualenv/public__html_cgi-bin_tester/3.5/lib/python3.5/site-packages/soupsieve/css_parser.py", line 797, in selector_iter
    raise SyntaxError("Invlaid character {!r} at position {}".format(pattern[index], index))
SyntaxError: Invlaid character '[' at position 0

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zachatkinsoncommented, Jan 9, 2019

Wow, thanks so much for your fast reply @facelessuser! That definitely helps, as I said, I am totally running blindly into the world of Python with this project. Excuse my ignorance, but should I go in and make these edits to the soupsieve file, or wait for a project update?

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zachatkinsoncommented, Jan 9, 2019

@ArthurG not sure if this helps you at all, I’ll be making the changes on my end but if you want to update the project this nice gentleman has been a great help!

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