Problem reading from serial

[python_beginner]

Hello, I'm new in python. I use an Arduino to sensing, and I wrote a small python program to read the data from usb. I use Python 3.5. The program is this:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import serial,time
ser = serial.Serial(
    port='COM8',
    baudrate=115200,
    bytesize=serial.EIGHTBITS,
    parity=serial.PARITY_NONE,
    stopbits=serial.STOPBITS_ONE
)
line = ser.readline();

while line:
    print(line),
#    flushInput()
#ser.close()

When I execute it, I get only the first sentence repeatedly of what Arduino sends, not the rest of of the calculations. So I suppose I should flush the Serial buffer. When I flush the serial with the command flushInput() as I read from here: http://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest...l_api.html
I get:

flushInput()
NameError: name 'flushInput' is not defined

[j.crater]

Hello and welcome to Python and our forums!
There seems to be a little change in API, see if this will fix your error:
http://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest...put_buffer

[python_beginner]

Thank you,

I changed the command, but I still get:

    reset_input_buffer()
NameError: name 'reset_input_buffer' is not defined

I cannot understand! I import serial and time. What is wrong?

[j.crater]

You need to do

ser.reset_input_buffer()

reset_input_buffer() is a method of Serial class.

[nilamo]

line = ser.readline();
 
while line:
    print(line),

You read one line, then enter an infinite loop and print that one line repeatedly. If you want to read more lines, do the reading inside the while loop.

[python_beginner]

Thank you both your help. It works now. But it prints Escape characters with the data. Is there a way to avoid that?