xml - Parse a SOAP message with namespace in Python -

i trying parse following soap response using xpath , elementtree no luck. not sure if best way this? if it's not happy hear other suggestions.

i have have cut down xml keep readable.

<soapenv:envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/xmlschema-instance"> <soapenv:body>   <ns1:selectcmdeviceresponse soapenv:encodingstyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:ns1="http://ccm.cisco.com/serviceability/soap/risport70/">      <selectcmdeviceresult xsi:type="ns1:selectcmdeviceresult">         <totaldevicesfound xsi:type="xsd:unsignedint">24</totaldevicesfound>         <cmnodes soapenc:arraytype="ns1:cmnode[4]" xsi:type="soapenc:array" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/">            <item xsi:type="ns1:cmnode">               <returncode xsi:type="ns1:risreturncode">ok</returncode>               <name xsi:type="xsd:string">uk-cucm-pub</name>               <nochange xsi:type="xsd:boolean">false</nochange>               <cmdevices soapenc:arraytype="ns1:cmdevice[12]" xsi:type="soapenc:array">                  <item xsi:type="ns1:cmdevice">                     <name xsi:type="xsd:string">sip-trunk-to-no-cluster</name>                     <dirnumber xsi:type="xsd:string" xsi:nil="true"/>                     <class xsi:type="ns1:deviceclass">sip trunk</class>                     <model xsi:type="xsd:unsignedint">131</model>                     <status xsi:type="ns1:cmdevregstat">registered</status> 

what achieve able go through each item tag under cmnodes (only 1 item tag shown above there multiple) , under cmdevices/item if name tag text equal sip-trunk-to-no-cluster text under status in case "registered"

thanks alexis

ok found out solution , though post here in case finds useful.

i tried use suds suggested @ianauld (i think best solution) run ssl issues server pulling wsdl had self sign cert.

the key me understanding name spaces use following cmd , use lxml

#print namespaces used in xml doc print root.nsmap 

i come following code info needed

 #get namespace   sip_trunk_name_ele = root.findall(".//item[@xsi:type='ns1:cmnode']/cmdevices[@xsi:type='soapenc:array']/item[@xsi:type='ns1:cmdevice']/name[@xsi:type='xsd:string']", namespaces=root.nsmap)     sip_trunk_name in sip_trunk_name_ele:         print(sip_trunk_name.tag,sip_trunk_name.text)         if sip_trunk_name.text == "sip-trunk-to-no-cluster":             print(sip_trunk_name.getparent().tag)             sip_trunk = sip_trunk_name.getparent()             return print sip_trunk.findtext('status') 

i sure there better way use lxml information worked me