Error with reading password when it has a % character in it.

[bburnett66]

I just started using this software and ran into this error (all personal information removed. It does show my PPI in the error message and I censored it out.

Running NDATools Version 0.2.0
Opening log: /home/MyUsername/NDAValidationResults/debug_log_20200520T170857.txt
Enter your NIMH Data Archives username:MyUsername
Enter your NIMH Data Archives password:
Enter your aws_access_key. If none, hit "Enter:"
Enter your aws_secret_key. If none, hit "Enter":
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/MyUsername/MyEnv/bin/downloadcmd", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/MyUsername/MyEnv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/NDATools/clientscripts/downloadcmd.py", line 69, in main
    config = configure(args.username, args.password)
  File "/home/MyUsername/MyEnv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/NDATools/clientscripts/downloadcmd.py", line 64, in configure
    config.make_config()
  File "/home/MyUsername/MyEnv/lib/python3.5/site-packages/NDATools/Configuration.py", line 88, in make_config
    copy_config.set("User", "password", self.password)
  File "/cm/shared/c3ddb/python/3.5.2/lib/python3.5/configparser.py", line 1190, in set
    super().set(section, option, value)
  File "/cm/shared/c3ddb/python/3.5.2/lib/python3.5/configparser.py", line 891, in set
    value)
  File "/cm/shared/c3ddb/python/3.5.2/lib/python3.5/configparser.py", line 401, in before_set
    "position %d" % (value, tmp_value.find('%')))
ValueError: invalid interpolation syntax in 'MyPasswordWith%Character' at position 11

This was fixed by logging into the nda website and simply changing my password to something without a %

[ljchang]

I experienced the same issue.