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Bug: DemonstrateVulnerabilityAPI() #31

Closed ghost closed 6 years ago

ghost commented 6 years ago

Description

Workaround for the following error

nexpose.nexpose.NexposeConnectionException: Unable to execute the request: Unicode strings with encoding declaration are not supported. Please use bytes input or XML fragments without declaration.!

Observed when editing run_demo.py and uncommenting DemonstrateVulnerabilityAPI()

Motivation and Context

DemonstrateVulnerabilityAPI() demo does not work as is

How Has This Been Tested?

Ran run_demo.py with DemonstrateVulnerabilityAPI() uncommented.

Note Currently unable to test against all of the Demonstration methods as some appear to be broken;

Working

DemonstrateTagAPI()
DemonstrateAssetAPI()
DemonstrateVulnerabilityAPI()
DemonstrateSiteAPI()
DemonstrateAssetGroupAPI()
DemonstrateVulnerabilityExceptionAPI()
DemonstrateRoleAPI()
DemonstrateEngineAPI()
DemonstrateScanPI()
DemonstrateTicketAPI()

Not-working

DemonstrateBackupAPI()
DemonstrateCriteriaAPI()
DemonstrateSharedCredentialsAPI()
DemonstrateAssetFilterAPI()
DemonstrateDiscoveryConnectionAPI()
DemonstrateUserAPI()

Types of changes

Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)

Checklist:

[ ] I have updated the documentation accordingly (if changes are required).
[ ] I have added tests to cover my changes.
[ ] All new and existing tests passed.