Python SOAP?

[Ivan Voras]

Is anybody using SOAP with Python "seriously"[1]? It seems there's a
number of implementations out there, but most aren't developed any more.
Specifically, I hadn't found a library that supports "sessions" with
SOAP, implemented with HTTP cookies to achieve server-object persistance.

Have I missed something?

[1] I'm from the "SOAP is bad and ugly" camp, but I must use it in a
project...

[Nelson Minar]

Ivan Voras <ivoras@__-geri.cc.fer.hr> writes:

Is anybody using SOAP with Python "seriously"[1]? It seems there's a
number of implementations out there, but most aren't developed any
more. Specifically, I hadn't found a library that supports "sessions"
with SOAP, implemented with HTTP cookies to achieve server-object
persistance.

There are two active SOAP projects I'm aware of - ZSI and SOAPpy. They
share a home:
http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/

I'd characterize both client toolkits as useful but flawed. I've run
into a lot of interop problems when trying to talk to Apache Axis/Java
based services. They seem to work better with the old rpc/encoded
style but don't work as well with the modern document/literal style.

I don't know if the specific HTTP cookie persistence you're asking for
has been implemented in either. For what it's worth, I wouldn't count
on that approach working reliably in many SOAP implementations.

[Ivan Voras]

Nelson Minar wrote:

There are two active SOAP projects I'm aware of - ZSI and SOAPpy. They
share a home:
http://pywebsvcs.sourceforge.net/ I don't know if the specific HTTP cookie persistence you're asking for
has been implemented in either. For what it's worth, I wouldn't count
Yes, those are the libraries that I described in my post - and are sadly
lacking. :(
on that approach working reliably in many SOAP implementations.

While it's not standard and could be considered 'dirty', I found many
libraries support it. (Axis does, some c++ libraries I found do also,
and I "heard" that's the way .NET services work also).