Python Netmiko to get hostname

Question

I was able to get device hostname with the following netmiko code.

>>> print(net_connect.find_prompt())
Cisco#
>>> 

>>> print(net_connect.send_command('show running-config | include hostname'))
hostname Cisco
>>> 

Would it be possible to remove # and hostname from the output?

Desired Output

>>> print(net_connect.find_prompt()) <= need to do something here
Cisco
>>> 

>>> print(net_connect.send_command('sh run | i host')) <= need to do something here
Cisco
>>> 

Answer 1

Python 3 Cleaner:

#print hotname without #
hostname = net_connect.find_prompt()[:-1]   

print(hostname)

# print output without the word "hostname"
output = net_connect.send_command('sh run | i host')

for line in output:
    if "hostname" in line:
        print(line.strip("hostname"))        
    print(line)

Answer 2

find_prompt by default should return you either hostnem# (privileged) or hostname> - it's the whole idea behind it. As this is just a string, you can find a way around it like:

output = net_connect.find_prompt()
output = output.replace('#','')
print(output )

or

output = net_connect.send_command('sh run | i host')) 
output = output.split()
hostname = output[1]
print(hostname)