code: def search_string(self):
          
          Returns the JSON string that LendingClub expects for it's search
          """
          self.__normalize()
  
          # Get the template
          tmpl_source = unicode(open(self.tmpl_file).read())
  
          # Process template
          compiler = Compiler()
          template = compiler.compile(tmpl_source)
          out = template(self)
          if not out:
              return False
          out = ''.join(out)
  
          #
          # Cleanup output and remove all extra space
          #
  
          # remove extra spaces
          out = re.sub('\n', '', out)
          out = re.sub('\s{3,}', ' ', out)
  
          # Remove hanging commas i.e: [1, 2,]
          out = re.sub(',\s*([}\\]])', '\\1', out)
  
          # Space between brackets i.e: ],  [
          out = re.sub('([{\\[}\\]])(,?)\s*([{\\[}\\]])', '\\1\\2\\3', out)
  
          # Cleanup spaces around [, {, }, ], : and , characters
          out = re.sub('\s*([{\\[\\]}:,])\s*', '\\1', out)
  
          return out
docs: Returns the JSON string that LendingClub expects for it's search