__author__ = 'rolandh' ENTITYATTRIBUTES = "urn:oasis:names:tc:SAML:metadata:attribute&EntityAttributes" def entity_categories(md): res = [] if "extensions" in md: for elem in md["extensions"]["extension_elements"]: if elem["__class__"] == ENTITYATTRIBUTES: for attr in elem["attribute"]: res.append(attr["text"]) return res