Python script using Zeep to return a Worker from the Workday API

get_worker_by_id.py

'''
    Query the Workday API using the Zeep package to return the details of the specified worker from their employee ID.
    Details of the user and their password should be set in environment variables, like so in bash:
        export user=''
        export password=''
'''

import zeep, os 
from zeep import Client 
from zeep.wsse.username import UsernameToken

hostname = ''
tenant_name = ''
employee_id = '1234'
user = os.getenv('user') 
password = os.getenv('password') 
url = f'https://{hostname}.workday.com/ccx/service/{tenant_name}/Human_Resources/v36.2?wsdl'

client = Client(url, wsse=UsernameToken(user, password)) 

request_dict = { 
    'Worker_Reference': { 
        'ID': { 
            'type': 'Employee_ID', 
            '_value_1': employee_id 
        }, 
        'Descriptor': None 
    }, 
    'Skip_Non_Existing_Instances': None, 
    'Ignore_Invalid_References': None 
} 

client.service.Get_Workers(request_dict)