Example of using MessagePlugin to prevent suds from parsing response

suds_prevent_parsing

import suds

__author__ = 'Volodymyr Vladymyrov: smartkiwi@gmail.com'
__doc__ = "Example of using MessagePlugin to prevent suds from parsing response"



class PayloadInterceptor(suds.plugin.MessagePlugin):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        self.last_payload = None


    def received(self, context):
        #recieved xml as a string
        print "%s bytes recieved" % len(context.reply)
        self.last_payload = context.reply

        #clean up reply to prevent parsing
        context.reply = ""
        return context

if __name__=='__main__':

    wsurl = "http://webservices.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo/CountryInfoService.wso?WSDL"
    payload_interceptor = PayloadInterceptor()
    client = suds.client.Client(wsurl, plugins=[payload_interceptor])
    print client
    res = client.service.CapitalCity("NL")
    print "received %s bytes" % len(payload_interceptor.last_payload)
    print "parsed result: %s" % res
    print "response payload: %s" % payload_interceptor.last_payload

"""
Produce output:

Suds ( https://fedorahosted.org/suds/ )  version: 0.4 GA  build: R699-20100913

Service ( CountryInfoService ) tns="http://www.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo"
   Prefixes (1)
      ns0 = "http://www.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo"
   Ports (1):
      (CountryInfoServiceSoap)
         Methods (21):
            CapitalCity(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            CountriesUsingCurrency(xs:string sISOCurrencyCode, )
            CountryCurrency(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            CountryFlag(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            CountryISOCode(xs:string sCountryName, )
            CountryIntPhoneCode(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            CountryName(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            CurrencyName(xs:string sCurrencyISOCode, )
            FullCountryInfo(xs:string sCountryISOCode, )
            FullCountryInfoAllCountries()
            LanguageISOCode(xs:string sLanguageName, )
            LanguageName(xs:string sISOCode, )
            ListOfContinentsByCode()
            ListOfContinentsByName()
            ListOfCountryNamesByCode()
            ListOfCountryNamesByName()
            ListOfCountryNamesGroupedByContinent()
            ListOfCurrenciesByCode()
            ListOfCurrenciesByName()
            ListOfLanguagesByCode()
            ListOfLanguagesByName()
         Types (12):
            ArrayOftContinent
            ArrayOftCountryCodeAndName
            ArrayOftCountryCodeAndNameGroupedByContinent
            ArrayOftCountryInfo
            ArrayOftCurrency
            ArrayOftLanguage
            tContinent
            tCountryCodeAndName
            tCountryCodeAndNameGroupedByContinent
            tCountryInfo
            tCurrency
            tLanguage


336 bytes recieved
received 336 bytes
parsed result: None
response payload: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <m:CapitalCityResponse xmlns:m="http://www.oorsprong.org/websamples.countryinfo">
      <m:CapitalCityResult>Amsterdam</m:CapitalCityResult>
    </m:CapitalCityResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
"""