Python Suds.Client Should it Close or Not
api, python, suds
Solution
SOAP is still an HTTP request, which is stateless. Each request will start a whole new connection, re-auth, etc. Browsers kind of short circuit that with cookies, but SOAP doesn't. So, you don't need to close the connection, it's already closed by the time `suds` returns your data back to you.
Additionally, looking at the latest source, `Client()` doesn't define a `close` or `__exit__` method, so there's nothing you really have to do here.
Problem
I am using the `suds` package to make API request from one website. I wrote a function which opens up the `client` to the website and make request. I am wondering should I or how can I terminate the connection in the end of the function? I am wondering will the `client` be something like the `MySQLDb.connect` that actually opens up many many separate API connections that never close every time I call this function. ``` from suds.client import Client import sys, re def querysearch(reqPartNumber, reqMfg, lock): try: client = Client('http://app....') userInfo = {'id':.., 'password':...} apiResponse = client.service.getParts(...) ... print apiResponse except: ... ```