What should I use for testing a web service?

[Fencer]

Hello, I need to write a test program for a web service. The web service
publishes its method through a wsdl-file. I recall using SOAPpy in the
past and as a I remember it, it was very easy to "load" the WSDL-file
and call web service methods. But is SOAPpy really maintained anymore?
Someone mentioned ZSI, but that too seems to be abadonware and my first
impression was it's complicated to do what was so easy in SOAPpy (at
least as I recall it).
So I guess my question is: what is a mature, actively-maintained
SOAP/WSDL library that is easy to use for the scenario I have (which is
testing an already existing service)?

- Fencer

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Hello, I need to write a test program for a web service. The web service
publishes its method through a wsdl-file. I recall using SOAPpy in the
past and as a I remember it, it was very easy to "load" the WSDL-file
and call web service methods. But is SOAPpy really maintained anymore?
Someone mentioned ZSI, but that too seems to be abadonware and my first
impression was it's complicated to do what was so easy in SOAPpy (at
least as I recall it).
So I guess my question is: what is a mature, actively-maintained
SOAP/WSDL library that is easy to use for the scenario I have (which is
testing an already existing service)?

AFAIK the cool kids play with suds these days.

https://fedorahosted.org/suds/

It certainly has a nice logo!

Diez

 

[dusans]

AFAIK the cool kids play with suds these days.

   https://fedorahosted.org/suds/

It certainly has a nice logo!

Diez

And works very nice! Simple and very Pythonic