Help needed in mapping Magento 1.x/PHP data structure into Python equivalent for suds

[Parul M]

Hello All,
I need assistance in calling Magento 1.x SOAP API's using Python suds
library.
How to map the *PHP data structure array(array(k1=>v1, k2=>v2,.....)) in
terms of python suds*???

The exposed  SOAP API syntax for creating a new customer in magento:
ult = $client->call($session,  'customer.create',  array(array('email' => '
customer-mail at example.org',
                                                      'firstname' =>
'Dough',

                  'lastname' => 'Deeks',

                  'password' => 'password',

                  'website_id' => 1,

                  'store_id' => 1)));

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

Service ( MagentoService ) tns="urn:Magento"
   Prefixes (2)
      ns0 = "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
      ns1 = "urn:Magento"
   Ports (1):
      (Port)
         Methods (8):
            call(xs:string sessionId, xs:string resourcePath, xs:anyType
args, )
            endSession(xs:string sessionId, )
            globalFaults(xs:string sessionId, )
            login(xs:string username, xs:string apiKey, )
            multiCall(xs:string sessionId, FixedArray calls, xs:anyType
options, )
            resourceFaults(xs:string resourceName, xs:string sessionId, )
            resources(xs:string sessionId, )
            startSession()
         Types (49):
            ns0:Array
            ns0:ENTITIES
            ns0:ENTITY

*My Efforts*:
>>> params={
...     'email':'customer123 at example.org',
...     'firstname':'Dough',
...     'lastname':'Deeks',
...     'password':'password',
...     'website_id':1,
...     'store_id':1,
...     'group_id':1
... }
>>> a1=client.factory.create("ns0:Array")
>>> a1["item"]=[{"key":key,"value":params[key]} for key in params]
>>> a1
(Array){
   _arrayType = ""
   _offset = ""
   _id = ""
   _href = ""
   item[] =
      {
         value = 1
         key = "group_id"
      },
      {
         value = 1
         key = "store_id"
      },
      {
         value = "Dough"
         key = "firstname"
      },
      {
         value = "Deeks"
         key = "lastname"
      },
      {
         value = 1
         key = "website_id"
      },
      {
         value = "password"
         key = "password"
      },
      {
         value = "customer123 at example.org"
         key = "email"
      },
}

>>> a3=client.factory.create("ns0:Array")
>>> a3.array=a1
>>> a3
(Array){
   _arrayType = ""
   _offset = ""
   _id = ""
   _href = ""
   array =
      (Array){
         _arrayType = ""
         _offset = ""
         _id = ""
         _href = ""
         item[] =
            {
               value = 1
               key = "group_id"
            },
            {
               value = 1
               key = "store_id"
            },
            {
               value = "Dough"
               key = "firstname"
            },
            {
               value = "Deeks"
               key = "lastname"
            },
            {
               value = 1
               key = "website_id"
            },
            {
               value = "password"
               key = "password"
            },
            {
               value = "customer123 at example.org"
               key = "email"
            },
      }
}

>>> client.service.call(session,'customer.create',a3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\client.py", line 542, in __call__
    return client.invoke(args, kwargs)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\client.py", line 602, in invoke
    result = self.send(soapenv)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\client.py", line 643, in send
    result = self.succeeded(binding, reply.message)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\client.py", line 678, in
succeeded
    reply, result = binding.get_reply(self.method, reply)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\bindings\binding.py", line 151,
in get_reply
    self.detect_fault(soapbody)
  File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\suds\bindings\binding.py", line 182,
in detect_fault
    raise WebFault(p, fault)
suds.WebFault: Server raised fault: 'Customer email is required'


The data provided, is obviously not in the correct format.
Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Thanks