Blog Post Content retrieval

[Andy McMenemy]

I have been using Python to write some code to retrieve some of  my old blog posts. In general, the code seems to work and I have "apparently" managed to retrieve about a thousand entries. On checking, however, the blog content seems to be inconsistent.

The code is:

request = posts.get(blogId=blog['id'],postId=post['id'])

post_content = request.execute()

print('Content: %s:' % post_content['content'])

and a blog entry that says:

<span style="font-family: &quot;verdana&quot;;">I have finally succumbed to the hype, and this is the opening entry for the Gorse Fox's web log.

<br />Not totally sure how I will use it yet. I guess it will evolve and flourish, or wither and fade. Welcome to my world !

</span>

actually get returned as:

<br /></span>ally sure how I will use it yet. I guess it will evolve and flourish, or wither and fade. Welcome to my world !web log. 

Can anyone offer any ideas?