allow to work with beaker job xml url/file, not just job ID

check_logs.py

@@ -507,10 +507,17 @@ def parse_avc_log(args, log_url):
 
 
 def get_beaker_job_info(args, job):
-    result = subprocess.run(
-        ["bkr", "job-results", job], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True
-    )
-    bs = BeautifulSoup(result.stdout, "xml")
+    if job.endswith(".xml"):  # a URL or a local file
+        if job.startswith("http://") or job.startswith("https://"):
+            xml_data = requests.get(job).content
+        else:
+            xml_data = open(job).read()
+        bs = BeautifulSoup(xml_data, "xml")
+    else:  # assume it is a job number like J:1213552
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            ["bkr", "job-results", job], capture_output=True, text=True, check=True
+        )
+        bs = BeautifulSoup(result.stdout, "xml")
     data = {}
     data["job"] = job
     data["whiteboard"] = bs.find("whiteboard").text
@@ -538,15 +545,16 @@ def get_beaker_job_info(args, job):
             task_data["name"] = "basic-smoke-test"
             log_urls = []
             for log in task.find("logs"):
-                link = log.get("href")
-                name = log.get("name")
-                if name == "taskout.log":
-                    task_data["job_data"] = parse_beaker_job_log(
-                        args, task_data["start_time"], link
-                    )
-                elif name.startswith("SYSTEM-ROLE-"):
-                    task_data["errors"].extend(get_errors_from_ansible_log(args, link))
-                    log_urls.append(link)
+                if hasattr(log, "get"):
+                    link = log.get("href")
+                    name = log.get("name")
+                    if name == "taskout.log":
+                        task_data["job_data"] = parse_beaker_job_log(
+                            args, task_data["start_time"], link
+                        )
+                    elif name.startswith("SYSTEM-ROLE-"):
+                        task_data["errors"].extend(get_errors_from_ansible_log(args, link))
+                        log_urls.append(link)
             task_data["logs"] = log_urls
             role = None
             task_data["avcs"] = {}
@@ -749,8 +757,8 @@ def print_ansible_errors(args, errors):
                     value = "\n".join(item)
                 else:
                     value = str(item)
-                if len(value) > 20000:
-                    value = value[:20000] + ".... truncated"
+                if len(value) > 5000:
+                    value = value[:5000] + ".... truncated"
                 value_list.append(value)
             values.append(value_list)
         sh.values_update(