Hello all,
I am trying to use a web services API with Python and SOAPpy as a
client. Some of the method paramters in this web service's WSDL are
asking for an "ArrayOfString" type. Here is my code so far:
#!/usr/bin/python
from SOAPpy import WSDL
wsdlFile =
'http://localhost:8080/axis/services/USD_R11_WebService?WSDL'
server = WSDL.Proxy(wsdlFile)
server.soapproxy.config.dumpSOAPOut = 1
server.soapproxy.config.dumpSOAPIn = 1
SID = server.login('srvcdesk', 'xxxxxxxx')
contacts = server.doSelect(SID, 'cnt', "userid = 'abeju01'", 1,
['last_name', 'first_name', 'userid'])
I tried using a simple Python list for the argument that wants
"ArrayOfString". Python generates the following XML for the last
argument of the "doSelect" command above:
<v5 SOAP-ENC:arrayType="xsd:string[3]" xsi:type="SOAP-ENC:Array">
<item>last_name</item>
<item>first_name</item>
<item>userid</item>
</v5>
The web service does not like this at all and returns the following
error:
SOAPpy.Types.faultType: <Fault soapenv:Server.userException:
org.xml.sax.SAXException: Bad types (class [Ljava.lang.Object; -class
usdjws65.ArrayOfString): >
I know in Perl I had to do some special gyrations to pass the right
structue for ArrayOfString to this same web service. Is there any way
to force a type in Python or any other ideas on how to do this?