import requests from lxml import etree from io import StringIO, BytesIO ticket = '40fb3d62-abfd-4476-b99f-75035aa1c0d' test = """ """+ticket+""" Orders Order ID Order Price """ send = """ 40fb3d62-abfd-4476-b99f-75035aa1c0da Orders Order ID Order Price """ ObtainTicket = """ ddembinski mond@y string """ ReleaseTicket = """ fca51a05-d821-454c-9e5f-9aa19c94cf6f """ headers = {'Host': 'soprema.gli.us.com', 'Content-Type': 'application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8', 'Content-Length': 'length'} namespaces = { 'soap': 'http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope', 'a': 'http://www.pageflex.com/XmlWebServices/2004/StorefrontAPI/20041111' } response = requests.post('http://soprema.gli.us.com/Store/storefrontapi.asmx', data=ObtainTicket, headers=headers).text print(response) xml = bytes(bytearray(response, encoding='utf-8')) doc = etree.XML(xml)