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saved_search.py both python 2 and 3?

davop
New Member

try:
import utils
....

opts = utils.parse(argv, RULES, ".splunkrc", usage=usage)

I am confused as both python3 and python2 does not seem to have an utils module with a parse method? Could someone explain?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please put this question in context. What are you trying to do? Where did you get this code?

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davop
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I was just attempting to run the example code from the sdk for python. One of the files called saved_search.py. I tried running it with both python 3 and/or python 2 but both times in the code saved_search.py it says there is no methods in utils....

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