fix #50 to return empty string or empty list dependent on outFormat

RedHatOfficial · Nov 24, 2016 · eb74965 · eb74965
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diff --git a/rhsda.py b/rhsda.py
@@ -652,7 +652,10 @@ def mget_cves(self, cves, numThreads=0, onlyCount=False, outFormat='plaintext',
         elif not isinstance(cves, list):
             raise ValueError("Invalid 'cves=' argument input; must be list, string, or file obj")
         if not len(cves):
-            return []
+            if outFormat in ['plaintext', 'jsonpretty']:
+                return ""
+            else:
+                return []
         # Configure threads
         if not numThreads:
             numThreads = numThreadsDefault