python - Extracting BIND parameters to build a JSON query -

i have file exported bind containing tsig values 500 domain names. need repurpose data json rest api query. bind data formatted so:

            //  secondary-example.com.             key "2000000000000.key." {                 algorithm hmac-md5;                 secret "ahashedvalue=";             };              zone "secondary-example.com." {                 type slave;                 file "sec/secondary-example.com.";                 allow-transfer { 1.1.1.1;                                   1.1.2.2;                                 };                  also-notify    { 1.1.1.1;                                   2.2.2.2;                                 };                  masters {                    1.2.3.4 key 2000000000000.key.;                  };             }; 

from need extract key, zone , secret. here's example api request.

            {                  "properties":{                     "name":"secondary-example.com.",                   "accountname":"example",                   "type":"secondary"                },                "secondarycreateinfo":{                     "primarynameservers":{                        "nameserveriplist":{                           "nameserverip1":{                              "ip":"1.2.3.4",                            "tsigkey":"2000000000000.key.",                            "tsigkeyvalue":"ahashedvalue="                         }                      }                   }                }             } 

i'm having difficulty crafting regular expression appropriate scenario. i'm looking construct json in python script , send request through postman.

i spent couple days reading on regex , figured out solution. so, each of "zones" began comment... e.g. "secondary-example.com"... , each set of bind info 17 lines long exactly. solution hackey , assumes data correct, managed work.

1. separate zones chunks of text.

   zones = [] cur_zone = '' f = open(bind_file).readlines() line in f:     if line[0:2] == '//':         zones.append(cur_zone)         cur_zone = ''     else:         cur_zone = cur_zone + line zones.pop(0) # drop first list item, it's empty 

2. iterate through chunks , match needed parameters.

   for z in zones:     z_lines = z.splitlines()     # regex patterns make required parameters     key = re.findall('\"(.*)\"', z_lines[0])[0]     secret = re.findall('\"(.*)\"', z_lines[2])[0]     name = re.findall('\"(.*)\"', z_lines[5])[0]     master = re.findall('\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}', z_lines[15])[0]