soap-request-blog.py

import requests
import xmltodict

country_code = input("Country code? : ").upper()


country_service_data = {
    "soap:Envelope": {
        "@xmlns:soap": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/",
        "soap:Body": {
            "CapitalCity": {
                "@xmlns": "http://www.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo",
                "sCountryISOCode": {"#text": country_code},
            }
        },
    }
}

xml_dumped_data = xmltodict.unparse(input_dict=country_service_data, encoding="utf-8")


headers = {"Content-Type": "text/xml; charset=utf-8;"}
url = "http://webservices.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo/CountryInfoService.wso"

raw_resp = requests.post(url=url, data=xml_dumped_data, headers=headers)

if raw_resp.status_code != 200:
    print("Service error.")
    exit()

dumped_response = xmltodict.parse(raw_resp.content)
result = dumped_response["soap:Envelope"]["soap:Body"]["m:CapitalCityResponse"][
    "m:CapitalCityResult"
]
if result == "Country not found in the database":
    print(f"No country matching the {country_code} country code was found.")
    exit()

print(f"Country code {country_code} -> Capital City {result}")