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Reputation:

Python: SOAP API not working, what am I doing wrong?

I'm trying to use SOAP API of movildata.com to get last location of a vehicle, using IMEI and api key, here is my code:

import requests

api_key = 'xxxxxxxxx'
imei = 'xxxxxxxxx'

request = """<?xml version = "1.0" encoding = "utf-8"?>
<soap12: Envelope xmlns: xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns: xsd = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns: soap12 = "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12: Body>
    <getLastLocation xmlns = "http://ws.movildata.com/ws/wsUsers">
      <apikey> {0} </ apikey>
      <IMEI> {1} </ IMEI>
    </ getLastLocation>
  </ soap12: Body>
</ soap12: Envelope>
""".format(api_key, imei)

encoded_request = request.encode('utf-8')

headers = {"Host":"ws.movildata.com",
            "Content-Type": "application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8",
            "Content-Length":str(len(encoded_request))
            }

response = requests.post(url='https://ws.movildata.com/wsUsers.asmx?op=getLastLocation', 
                         headers=headers,
                         data=encoded_request
                         )

print(response.content)
print(response.status_code)

This returns XML response and HTTP status code 500

soap:ReceiverEl servidor no puede procesar la solicitud. ---> Un nombre no puede empezar con el car\xc3\xa1cter \' \', valor hexadecimal 0x20. L\xc3\xadnea 2, posici\xc3\xb3n 9.

I translated from spanish and it says something similar to

The server can not process the request. --- & gt; A name can not start with the character ' ';

I made sure the there wasn't any unnecessary empty space in request but that didn't seem to change anything, any ideas what I might be doing wrong?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 289

Answers (1)

Pavan Chandaka
Pavan Chandaka

Reputation: 12731

I have seen few errors of your XML formatting. Try correcting them as said below. If still getting the error, comment down below.

First in the namespace declarations in <soap12: element, you can not have spaces between the xmlns and xsi.

correct all of them: xmlns:xsi, xmlns:xsd and xmlns:soap12

In <getLastLocation, you just had xmlns, without any variable name. Some parsers may not accept it. Give some dummy name (ex: xmlns:abc).

In the closing elements, you have space between </ and element name.

Correct all below:

</getLastLocation>

</soap12:Body> (Also remove space between : and Body)

</soap12:Envelope> (Also remove space between : and Envelope)

Upvotes: 0

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