What should I use for testing a web service?

[dusans]

On Dec 27, 12:35 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de... at nospam.web.de> wrote:
> Fencer schrieb:
>
> > 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

And works very nice! Simple and very Pythonic :P