apar-parser 1.0.1

Parse IBM APAR information from web pages

APAR Parser

Parse IBM APAR (Authorized Program Analysis Report) information from IBM support pages.

Installation

Using uvx (Recommended)

Note: If you don't have uvx installed, see Installing uv/uvx below.

# Run directly
uvx apar-parser -i apar_list.txt -o output_dir

# Or run from local directory
uvx --from . apar-parser -i apar_list.txt -o output_dir

Using pip

# Install from PyPI
pip install apar-parser

# Or install from local directory
pip install .

Usage

Process APAR list from file

apar-parser -i apar_list.txt -o output_dir

Process single APAR

apar-parser -a OA41368 -o output_dir

Output formats

Text format (default):

apar-parser -i apar_list.txt -o output_dir

JSON format (structured data):

apar-parser -i apar_list.txt -o output_dir -f json

GUI mode (Windows only, requires tkinter)

apar-parser --gui

Input File Format

Plain text file with one APAR number per line:

OA41368
OA36415
OA12345

Output

Text format

Creates text files in the output directory:

• {APAR}.txt - Successfully parsed APAR
• {APAR}.notfound.txt - APAR not found
• {APAR}.logon.txt - Requires IBM ID login

JSON format

Creates JSON files with structured data:

{
  "apar_number": "OA41368",
  "title": "ABEND0C4-11 IN EDGFLTS...",
  "modified_date": "21 May 2013",
  "apar_information": {
    "apar_number": "OA41368",
    "reported_component_name": "DFSMSRMM",
    ...
  },
  "problem_summary": "...",
  "problem_conclusion": "..."
}

Options

• -i, --input: Input file with APAR numbers (one per line)
• -o, --output: Output directory (required unless using --gui)
• -a, --apar: Single APAR number to process
• -f, --format: Output format: txt or json (default: txt)
• --gui: Use GUI for file selection (Windows only, requires tkinter)

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Installing uv/uvx

macOS/Linux:

curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

Windows:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy ByPass -c "irm https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | iex"

Or with pip:

pip install uv

Disclaimer

This is an unofficial tool and is not affiliated with or endorsed by IBM. This tool parses publicly available APAR information from IBM support pages for convenience purposes only. Users are responsible for complying with IBM's terms of service and acceptable use policies when using this tool.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Tom Tsai, the original author of this function.