How do I properly format a SOAP request using Python's Zeep library?

Question

Here is the WSDL I'm using: http://sprws.sprich.com/sprws/StockCheck.php?wsdl Using SoapUI the input looks like this:

 <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:stoc="http://sprws.sprich.com/sprws/StockCheck.php?wsdl"> <soapenv:Header/> <soapenv:Body> <stoc:StockCheck soapenv:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"> <input xsi:type="stoc:StockCheckInputs"> <!--You may enter the following 10 items in any order--> <GroupCode xsi:type="xsd:string">[Removed]</GroupCode> <UserID xsi:type="xsd:string">[Removed]</UserID> <Password xsi:type="xsd:string">[Removed]</Password> <Action xsi:type="xsd:string">F</Action> <CustNumber xsi:type="xsd:string"></CustNumber> <DcNumber xsi:type="xsd:string"></DcNumber> <ItemNumber xsi:type="xsd:string">HAM105007CT</ItemNumber> <SortBy xsi:type="xsd:string">A</SortBy> <MinInFullPacks xsi:type="xsd:string"></MinInFullPacks> <AvailableOnly xsi:type="xsd:string">Y</AvailableOnly> </input> </stoc:StockCheck> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope>

How do I recreate this in Python?
So far I have:

from zeep import Client
from zeep import xsd
client = Client(wsdl='http://sprws.sprich.com/sprws/StockCheck.php?wsdl')
result = client.service.StockCheck(GroupCode='[Removed]', UserID='[Removed]', Password='[Removed]', ItemNumber='HAM105007CT', Action='F', SortBy='A')
print(result)

I want to get the stock for a specific item number, but have no idea of the syntax to use to submit my request.

Answer 1

I get an ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT error when trying to open the WSDL, but based on the comment you posted, the operation method looks like this:

StockCheck(input: ns0:StockCheckInputs) -> return: ns0:StockCheckRsults

But you are trying to make a call like this:

client.service.StockCheck(GroupCode='[Removed]', UserID='[Removed]', Password='[Removed]', ItemNumber='HAM105007CT', Action='F', SortBy='A')

All of those parameters need to be wrapped inside an object of type ns0:StockCheckInputs for the call to work.

And also, the service and the WSDL need to be accessible, in case I'm not the only one who can't open that address.