fix serious quoting issue

Author: jeking3

actions/get_properties.py

@@ -103,17 +103,12 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 super(PyVmomiObjectJSONEncoder, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
             def default(self, obj):  # pylint: disable=method-hidden
-                # ISO8601
                 if isinstance(obj, datetime.datetime):
                     return pyVmomi.Iso8601.ISO8601Format(obj)
-                # DataObject
                 elif isinstance(obj, pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.DataObject):
                     return obj.__dict__
-                # ManagedObject
                 elif isinstance(obj, pyVmomi.VmomiSupport.ManagedObject):
-                    # The ManagedObject's reference name.
-                    return repr(obj)[1:-1].split(':')[-1]  # strip outer quotes
-                # Python Type
+                    return unquote(obj).split(':')[-1]
                 elif isinstance(obj, type):
                     return str(obj)
                 return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
@@ -122,9 +117,14 @@ def default(self, obj):  # pylint: disable=method-hidden
     def transform(self, ids, rawdata):
         result = {}
         for obj in rawdata:
-            objid = repr(obj.obj)[1:-1].split(':')[-1]
+            objid = unquote(obj.obj).split(':')[-1]
             ps = {}
             for prop in obj.propSet:
-                ps[repr(prop.name)[1:-1]] = self.jsonify_vsphere_obj(prop.val)
+                ps[unquote(prop.name)] = self.jsonify_vsphere_obj(prop.val)
             result[objid] = ps
         return (not ids or sorted(result.keys()) == sorted(ids), result)
+
+
+def unquote(item):
+    return str(item).strip("'")
+