How to specify full namespace for factory.create()
python, soap, suds, wsdl
Solution
And it should have been painfully obvious to me that it is a standard XML namespace, and it's clearly indicated in the documentation (which I missed).
To specify the namespace by URL you simply prefix the name with the namespace URL wrapped in `{}` (curly braces):
obj = client.factory.create('{http://api.example.com/contracts/stuff}TheObject')
Problem
I'm using suds to make SOAP requests to a third-party API. ``` import suds.client client = suds.client.Client(WSDL_URL, location=SERVICE_URL) ``` When I try to create an object for a particular type defined by the WSDL (say `TheObject`): ``` obj = client.factory.create('TheObject') ``` I'm getting an error about it not existing: ``` (TheObject) not-found path: "TheObject", not-found Traceback (most recent call last): File "suds_test.py", line 67, in <module> sys.exit(main(sys.argv)) File "suds_test.py", line 51, in main obj = client.factory.create('TheObject'), File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/suds/client.py", line 234, in create raise TypeNotFound(name) suds.TypeNotFound: Type not found: 'TheObject' ``` So I print the list of available suds factory types with `print(client)`: ``` Suds ( https://fedorahosted.org/suds/ ) version: 0.4 GA build: R699-20100913 Service ( OrderService ) tns="http://api.example.com/services/" Prefixes (2) ns0 = "http://api.example.com/contracts/stuff" ns1 = "http://api.example.com/services/" Ports (2): (OrderServiceSoap) Methods (123): ... Not really relevant Types (123): SomeType SomeType2 ns0:AnotherType ns0:AnotherType2 ns0:TheObject ... ``` So it appears that `ns1` is the default namespace, and `ns0` is the namespace I want to use for `TheObject`. If I prefix it with the namespace alias it works. ``` obj = client.factory.create('ns0:TheObject') ``` I would prefer not to have to remember to use `ns0` in this particular case because its vary arbitrary. I looked up the docs for `Factory.create()` but it only accepts a single argument name with no additional arguments for namespace URL or anything. Is there a way to dynamically determine the namespace for `TheObject`? Or is it possible to specify the whole URL for `ns0` instead of just the namespace alias? Any help would be appreciated.