Cannot Generate XML report

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when i try to generate a XML file as the output i am still getting HTML file  

*the expected outcome should be xml file

* i am using recent harvester version on Ubuntu 

please tell me the option for generating the XML file as output .

command used ::./theHarvester.py -d <HOSTNAME> -l 500 -b all -f har.xml

Original issue reported on code.google.com by saleem4u...@gmail.com on 22 Feb 2012 at 4:26

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Need to fix that part of the code. Right now it only HTML works.

Original comment by laramies@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2013 at 9:14

• Changed state: Accepted

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Need to fix that part of the code. Right now it only HTML works.

Original comment by laramies@gmail.com on 12 Feb 2013 at 9:14

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if filename!="":    
    try:
        print "Saving file"
        html = htmlExport.htmlExport(all_emails,full,vhost,dnsres,dnsrev,filename,word,shodanres,dnstldres)
        save = html.writehtml()

        filename = filename.split(".")[0]+".xml"
        file = open(filename,'w')
        file.write('<theHarvester>\n')
        for x in all_emails:
            file.write('<email>'+x+'</email>\n')
        for x in all_hosts:
            file.write('<host>'+x+'</host>\n')
        for x in vhost:
            file.write('<vhost>'+x+'</vhost>\n')
        file.write('</theHarvester>\n')
        file.close
        sys.exit()
    except Exception,e:
        print e 
        print "Error creating the file"

Original comment by georgk...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2013 at 8:39

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file.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n')

Original comment by georgk...@gmail.com on 25 Sep 2013 at 8:43

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Minor typo, but should file.close not be file.close() ?

Original comment by marcus.w...@loumiaconsulting.com on 4 Jan 2014 at 11:40

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The problem is that I can save the output in a HTML file if I search with 
google but not with linkedin

ex:

theharvester -d target.com -f example.html -l 500 -b google --> IT WORKS!

theharvester -d target.com -f example2.html -l 200 -b linkedin --> DOESN'T WORKS

It doesn't generate any file and any output. (Last version.)

Thanks

Original comment by francesc...@gmail.com on 29 May 2014 at 2:35

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After the linkedin part runs its course it does a sys.exit() so it nevers makes 
it to the xml formatting. I just commented that line out. I also made some 
other adjustments to create the xml file. I created these variables underneath 
the start function. 
         all_emails=[]
        all_hosts=[]
        people=[]
        vhost=[]

then this is my code for the xml file creation. 

if filename!="":
                print "inside loop"
                if "html" in filename:
                        try:
                                print "Saving HTML file"
                                html = htmlExport.htmlExport(all_emails,full,vhost,dnsres,dnsrev,filename,word,shodanres,dnstldres)
                                save = html.writehtml()
                                sys.exit()
                        except Exception,e:
                                print e
                                print "Error creating the file"
                elif "xml" in filename:

                        print "SAVING XML FILE"
                        filename = filename.split(".")[0]+".xml"
                        file = open(filename,'w')
                        file.write('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\n')
                        file.write('<theHarvester>')
                        #print people
                        if len(people) > 0:
                                for x in people:
                                        file.write('<person>' + re.sub('[<>]','',x) + '</person>')
                        #print all_emails
                        if len(all_emails) > 0:
                                for x in all_emails:
                                        file.write('<email>'+re.sub('[<>]','',x)+'</email>')
                        #print ip_and_hosts
                        if len(all_hosts) > 0:
                                for x in full_host.check():
                                        host = x.split(':')
                                        file.write('<hostname>'+re.sub('[<>]','',host[1]) + '<ip>'+host[0]+'</ip></hostname>')
                        if len(vhost) > 0:
                                for x in vhost:
                                        file.write('<vhost>'+re.sub('[<>]','',x)+'</vhost>')
                        file.write('</theHarvester>')
                        file.close()
                else:
                        print "File format not supported...Aborting Save"

I'm not a developer so there might be ways of doing this but it seemed to work 
in all my tests.  Good Luck!

Original comment by slimlar...@gmail.com on 28 Aug 2014 at 11:11

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• theHarvester.py