Creating the xml format to pass to zeep

Here's an example to format the SOAP Web Services XML message per the WSDL:

In this example, I found the namespace prefixes assigned by Zeep in client.wsdl.dump(); see example of this near the bottom of the answer.

>>> import zeep>>> client = zeep.Client('https://emaapitest.eset.com/Services/v2015_1/MSPService.svc?singleWsdl')>>> # note - the namespace ns2 was assigned by zeep - see client.wsdl.dump() tip later in this answer>>> license_create_type = client.get_type('ns2:LicenseCreateRequest')>>> # Creating an empty object reminds me of the property names, so I don't have to guess>>> license_create_type(){    'Note': None,    'ProductCode': None,    'Quantity': None,    'ServerName': None,    'Trial': None}>>> my_create = license_create_type(ProductCode=112,Quantity=3,Trial=False)>>> my_create{    'Note': None,    'ProductCode': 112,    'Quantity': 3,    'ServerName': None,    'Trial': False}>>> my_type = client.get_type('ns2:SiteUpdateRequest')>>> # Reference for specifying arrays in Zeep: https://github.com/mvantellingen/python-zeep/issues/145#issuecomment-321614947>>> req = my_type(LoginID="123",Token="mytoken",LicenseRequests={'LicenseRequest':[my_create]})>>> # To call the service:   (assuming valid credentials?)>>> # client.service.UpdateSite(req)

Here's the Python view of the web service request:

>>> req{    'LoginID': '123',    'Token': 'mytoken',    'Active': None,    'LicenseRequests': {        'LicenseRequest': [            {                'Note': None,                'ProductCode': 112,                'Quantity': 3,                'ServerName': None,                'Trial': False            }        ]    },    'Name': None,    'SecurityAdminRequests': None,    'SiteID': None,    'SupportLegacyKey': None}

Here's the XML view of the web service request:

>>> # Debugging output to see raw XML...>>> node = client.create_message(client.service, 'UpdateSite', req)>>> from lxml import etree>>> xml_str = etree.tostring(node, pretty_print=True).decode()>>> print(xml_str)

<soap-env:Envelope xmlns:soap-env="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">  <soap-env:Header xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">    <wsa:Action>http://tempuri.org/IMSPService/UpdateSite</wsa:Action>    <wsa:MessageID>urn:uuid:c3d7d838-6ce8-477b-ad7d-23e99e800a80</wsa:MessageID>    <wsa:To>https://emaapitest.eset.com/Services/v2015_1/MSPService.svc</wsa:To>  </soap-env:Header>  <soap-env:Body>    <ns0:UpdateSite xmlns:ns0="http://tempuri.org/">      <ns0:request>        <ns1:LoginID xmlns:ns1="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.Requests">123</ns1:LoginID>        <ns2:Token xmlns:ns2="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.Requests">mytoken</ns2:Token>        <ns3:LicenseRequests xmlns:ns3="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.Requests">          <ns4:LicenseRequest xmlns:ns4="http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.ViewModels" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:type="ns3:LicenseCreateRequest">            <ns3:ProductCode>112</ns3:ProductCode>            <ns3:Quantity>3</ns3:Quantity>            <ns3:Trial>false</ns3:Trial>          </ns4:LicenseRequest>        </ns3:LicenseRequests>      </ns0:request>    </ns0:UpdateSite>  </soap-env:Body></soap-env:Envelope>

Tip: use client.wsdl.dump()

I usually start a project by reading client.wsdl.dump() to see the mappings generated by Zeep, starting from the "Bindings" and "Operations" at the bottom, then working backwards through the types. This is usually all you need to get started.

>>> import zeep>>> client = zeep.Client('https://emaapitest.eset.com/Services/v2015_1/MSPService.svc?singleWsdl')>>> client.wsdl.dump()Prefixes:     myprefix: http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.Requests     xsd: http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema     ns0: http://tempuri.org/     ns1: http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/     ns3: http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.Responses     ns4: http://schemas.microsoft.com/2003/10/Serialization/Arrays     ns5: http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/MSPApi.Services.v2015_1.ViewModelsGlobal elements:<SNIP - VERY LONG OUTPUT>Global types:<SNIP - VERY LONG OUTPUT>     ns2:SiteUpdateRequest(LoginID: xsd:string, Token: xsd:string, Active: xsd:boolean, LicenseRequests: ns5:ArrayOfLicenseRequest, Name: xsd:string, SecurityAdminRequests: ns2:ArrayOfSecurityAdminRequest, SiteID: xsd:long, SupportLegacyKey: xsd:boolean)<SNIP - VERY LONG OUTPUT>Service: MSPService     Port: BasicHttpBinding_IMSPService (Soap11Binding: {http://tempuri.org/}BasicHttpBinding_IMSPService)         Operations:<SNIP - VERY LONG OUTPUT>            UpdateSite(request: ns2:SiteUpdateRequest) -> UpdateSiteResult: ns3:SiteDetailsResponse<SNIP - VERY LONG OUTPUT>>>>