Mind that web2py has built-in soap implementation web2py/gluon/contrib/pysimplesoap/
and you can create services with @service.soap(...) def f(a,b): return a+b Mariano is the expert on this. On Nov 30, 1:24 am, Johann Spies <[email protected]> wrote: > I have been busy with web2py for about a year and I am learning every day. > I am also a newby as far as xml-processing is concerned. So I would like > advice about the way to go with the following setup: > > I want to import xml-data collected through a soap client into a database. > This will involve several tables and thousands of complicated > bibliographical records. > > I can process the xml-data outside web2py and import the processed data at a > later stage or I can do the soap queries from web2py and handle the > processing of the data there. > > I have experimented a little with python-soap and suds en after many trials > and errors I have a working SOAP client using suds. > > Now my questions: > > 1. What is the best strategy to integrate this process with web2py? > 2. Which python-xml-tools (and I see there are a lot) are preferable in my > situation. > 3. Can I use suds from within web2py? > > Regards > Johann > > -- > May grace and peace be yours in abundance through the full knowledge of God > and of Jesus our Lord! His divine power has given us everything we need for > life and godliness through the full knowledge of the one who called us by > his own glory and excellence. > 2 Pet. 1:2b,3a
