show cdp neighbors for cisco_ios returns string instead of structured list

[d3nisko]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

TEMPLATE USING

Value NEIGHBOR (\S+)
Value LOCAL_INTERFACE (\S+\s\S+)
Value CAPABILITY ([\w\s]+?)
Value PLATFORM (\S+\s\S+|\S+)
Value NEIGHBOR_INTERFACE (\S+\s\S+)

Start
  ^Device.*ID -> CDP

CDP
  ^${NEIGHBOR}\s+${LOCAL_INTERFACE}\s+\d+\s+${CAPABILITY}\s{2}\s+${PLATFORM}\s+${NEIGHBOR_INTERFACE} -> Record

SAMPLE COMMAND OUTPUT

sh cdp neighbors 
Capability Codes: R - Router, T - Trans Bridge, B - Source Route Bridge
                  S - Switch, H - Host, I - IGMP, r - Repeater, P - Phone, 
                  D - Remote, C - CVTA, M - Two-port Mac Relay 

Device ID        Local Intrfce     Holdtme    Capability  Platform  Port ID
hostname_1
                 Gig 1/1/2         133             R S I  C6807-XL  Gig 1/18
hostname_2
                 Gig 1/1/1         153             R S I  C6807-XL  Gig 1/17
hostname_3
                 Gig 1/1/3         155             R S I  C6807-XL  Gig 1/17
hostname_4
                 Gig 1/1/4         155             R S I  C6807-XL  Gig 1/18
hostname_5
                 Gig 1/0/6         175             T B I  AIR-CAP27 Gig 0

Total cdp entries displayed : 5

SUMMARY

Usage of net template doesn't return structured output for 'show cdp neighbors'.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

from netmiko import Netmiko

execut python script: 

device = {
    'device_type': 'cisco_ios',
    'host': 'hostname',
    'username': 'username',
    'password': getpass(),
}

command = 'show cdp neighbors'
net_conn = Netmiko(**device)
   output = net_conn.send_command(command, use_textfsm=True)
net_conn.disconnect()

print(type(output))

EXPECTED RESULTS

<type 'list'>

ACTUAL RESULTS

<type 'unicode'>

[jmcgill298]

@d3nisko can you actually provide the results? Also, what leads you to believe this is an issue with the template, and not how Netmiko is behaving?

[jmcgill298]

@d3nisko any updates you can provide us?

[d3nisko]

Sorry for delay. I'll provide the code and output asap. Thanks.

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[d3nisko]

@jmcgill298 this might sound very unprofessional, but I'm not able to reproduce the issue anymore. output is returned as expected even thought the code isn't changed and I don't recall upgrading neither netmiko nor templates.

[d3nisko]

Lets close the issue for now. I'll reopen if be able to reproduce.

[jmcgill298]

@d3nisko feel free to open another issue if you can reproduce.