Environment:
The WSDL (server) I work with, have the following schema sub-sections (I tried to write it clearly using plain text) -
[ sub-section #1 ]
searchRequest: (searchRequest){
userIdentification = (userIdentification){
username = ""
password = ""
}
itineraryArr = (itineraryArray){
_arrayType = ""
_offset = ""
_id = ""
_href = ""
_arrayType = ""
}
...
...
[ sub-section #2 ]
itinerary: (itinerary){
departurePoint = (locationPoint){
locationId = None
radius = None
}
arrivalPoint = (locationPoint){
locationId = None
radius = None
}
...
...
There is no problem with 'userIdentification' (which is a "simple" type)
But, 'itineraryArr' is an array of 'itinerary', and I don't know how to use python to create XML array.
I tried few combinations, for example
itinerary0 = self.client.factory.create('itinerary')
itineraryArray = self.client.factory.create('itineraryArray')
itineraryArray = [itinerary0]
searchRequest.itineraryArr = itineraryArray
But all my trials resulted with the same server error -
Server raised fault: 'Cannot use object of type itinerary as array'
(Fault){
faultcode = "SOAP-ENV:Server"
faultstring = "Cannot use object of type itinerary as array"
}
I'm in the same case, with a RPC/encoded style WS and a method that contains a soap array. a print request (where request = client.factory.create('Request')
) gives:
(Request){
requestid = None
option =
(ArrayOfOption){
_arrayType = ""
_offset = ""
_id = ""
_href = ""
_arrayType = ""
}
}
The solution given by Jacques (1request.option.append(option1)1) does not work, as it ends with an error message ArrayOfOption instance has no attribute append
.
The solution given by mcauth looks like this:
array = client.factory.create('ArrayOfOption')
array.item = [option1, option2, option3, option4, option5, option6]
request.option=array
It works so so, as the resulting SOAP message shows no arrayType
attribute:
<option xsi:type="ns3:ArrayOfOption">
The best solution I found is also the simplest:
request.option = [option1, option2, option3, option4, option5, option6]
It ends with a good SOAP message:
<option xsi:type="ns0:ArrayOfOption" ns3:arrayType="ns0:Option[6]">
as expected by the server side WS.