Python TLV unpack

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My program should check for tag length and values and structure them in an output file that contains hex numbers. It does nearly everything correct except one TLv.

For example I have this in my input file:

A118A7080606B20207D181008105A107C4B1040605B20200AE040607B20207D1810101

The output I get is:

A1 18
    A7 08
        06 06 B20207D18100     #this tlv doesnt get nested more
    81 05 A107C4B104
    06 05 B20200AE04
06 07
    B2 02 07D1
    81 01 01

The output I want is:

A1 18
    A7 08
        06 06
                    B2 02 07D1
                    81 00
    81 05 A107C4B104
    06 05 B20200AE04
06 07
    B2 02 07D1
    81 01 01

As you see this tlv 06 06 B20207D18100 doesn't get nested, I believe, because it ends with 00, but I am not sure.

This is my code:

def is_valid_tlv(s):
    i = 0
    while i < len(s):
        # Get the tag
        tag = s[i:i+2]
        i += 2
        if i >= len(s):
            return False

        # Get the length
        length = s[i:i+2]
        i += 2
        if i >= len(s):
            return False

        # Calculate the length of the value
        length_value = length
        if length == '81':
            length_value = s[i:i+2]
            i += 2
        elif length == '82':
            length_value = s[i:i+4]
            i += 4
        elif length == '83':
            length_value = s[i:i+6]
            i += 6

        # Get the value
        value = s[i:i+int(length_value, 16)*2]
        i += int(length_value, 16)*2
        

        # Check if the length of the value matches the length specified in the TLV
        if len(value) != int(length_value, 16)*2:
            print(value)
            return False

    return i == len(s)

def parse_tlv(data, indent=0, f=None):
    i = 0
    while i < len(data):
        # Get the tag
        tag = data[i:i+2]
        i += 2

        # Check if the tag is in the list of tags
        if tag not in tags:
            continue

        # Get the length
        length = data[i:i+2]
        i += 2

        # Calculate the length of the value
        length_value = length
        if length == '81':
            length_value = data[i:i+2]
            i += 2
            length = length + length_value
        elif length == '82':
            length_value = data[i:i+4]
            i += 4
            length = length + length_value
        elif length == '83':
            length_value = data[i:i+6]
            i += 6
            length = length + length_value

        # Get the value
        value = data[i:i+int(length_value, 16)*2]
        i += int(length_value, 16)*2

        # Check if the value forms a valid TLV
        if is_valid_tlv(value):
            # If there are more TLVs in the value, parse them
            f.write('\t'*indent + tag + ' ' + length + '\n')
            parse_tlv(value, indent+1, f)
        else:
            # Write the tag, length, and value to the output file
            f.write('\t'*indent + tag + ' ' + length + ' ' + value + '\n')

# The list of tags to search for
tags = ['A1', '81', '06', 'A7', 'B2', 'B0']
# Step 1: Ask for an input file and create an output file
input_file_name = input("Enter the name of the input file: ")
output_file_name = input("Enter the name of the output file: ")

# Read the input file
with open(input_file_name, 'r') as f:
    data = f.read().replace('\n', '')

# Open the output file
with open(output_file_name, 'w') as f:
    # Step 2: Parse the TLV structure
    parse_tlv(data, 0, f)
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