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PyXB: Python XML Schema Bindings
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PyXB ("pixbee") is a pure `Python <http://www.python.org>`_ package that
generates Python source code for classes that correspond to data structures
defined by `XMLSchema <http://www.w3.org/XML/Schema>`_.  The generated classes
support bi-directional conversion between `XML <http://www.w3.org/XML/>`_
documents and Python objects.  In concept it is similar to `JAXB
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAXB>`_ for Java and `CodeSynthesis XSD
<http://www.codesynthesis.com/products/xsd/>`_ for C++.  A
:ref:`thirty_sec_example` is at the bottom of this page.  Step-by-step
examples are in :ref:`userReference`.

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Getting Help
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PyXB is distributed on `SourceForge <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyxb>`_.

For support, consult the `Help Forum
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyxb/forums/forum/956708>`_, or subscribe to
and email the `mailing list
<https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_name=pyxb-users>`_.

To file a bug report or see the status of defects reported against the current
release, visit the `Trac database <http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/pyxb/>`_.

For a history of releases, see :ref:`releases`.

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Contents
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.. toctree::
   :maxdepth: 2

   overview
   examples
   releases
   architecture
   userref_index
   maintref

.. _thirty_sec_example:

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Thirty Second Example
*********************

An example of a program using PyXB to interact with a `web service
<http://wiki.cdyne.com/wiki/index.php?title=CDYNE_Weather>`_ using an
automatically-generated module.  First, retrieve the WSDL and generate the
bindings::

  vmserver[171]$ pyxbgen \
    --wsdl-location="http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx?wsdl" \
    --module=weather \
    --write-for-customization
  urn:uuid:3a6c7be2-d9b7-11e0-ae84-001fbc013adc
  Retrieving WSDL from http://wsf.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/Weather.asmx?wsdl
  Importing pyxb.binding.datatypes to get binding for wildcard {http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema}schema
  NOTE: Created unbound wildcard element from value in schema
  PS urn:uuid:3a6c7be2-d9b7-11e0-ae84-001fbc013adc
  Complex type {http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/}ArrayOfWeatherDescription renamed to ArrayOfWeatherDescription_
  Complex type {http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/}ForecastReturn renamed to ForecastReturn_
  Complex type {http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/}WeatherReturn renamed to WeatherReturn_
  Python for http://ws.cdyne.com/WeatherWS/ requires 1 modules
  Saved binding source to ./raw/weather.py
  vmserver[171]$  

Then write a program that uses them:

.. literalinclude:: ../examples/weather/client_get.py

And run it::

 vmserver[171]$ python client.py
 Got response for Saint Paul, MN:
  Thursday, September 08 2011: Sunny, from 58 to 80
  Friday, September 09 2011: Partly Cloudy, from 58 to 80
  Saturday, September 10 2011: Sunny, from 58 to 80
  Sunday, September 11 2011: Sunny, from 58 to 81
  Monday, September 12 2011: Partly Cloudy, from 61 to 80
  Tuesday, September 13 2011: Sunny, from 55 to 69
  Wednesday, September 14 2011: Sunny, from 48 to 68
 vmserver[172]$ 

That's it.

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Indices and tables
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* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`search`

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