axl-python-zeep-sample

Overview

This basic sample demonstrates how to use the Python Zeep SOAP library to provision a CUCM user, DN and phone via the AXL API

https://developer.cisco.com/site/axl/

The concepts and techniques shown can be extended to enable automated management of virtually any configuration or setting in the CUCM admin UI.

Getting started

• Install Python 2.7 or 3.7 On Windows, choose the option to add to PATH environment variable

• If this is a fresh installation, update pip (you may need to use pip3 on Linux or Mac)

  $ python -m pip install --upgrade pip
  

• Dependency Installation:

  $ pip install zeep
  

• Edit axlZeep.py to specify your CUCM location and AXL user credentials

• Add the AXL WSDL files for your CUCM version

  1. From the CUCM Administration UI, download the 'Cisco AXL Tookit' from Applications / Plugins

  2. Unzip the kit, and navigate to the schema/current folder

  3. Copy the three WSDL files to the root directory of this project: AXLAPI.wsdl, AXLEnums.xsd, AXLSoap.xsd

Hints

• You can get a 'dump' of the AXL WSDL to see how Zeep interprets it by copying the AXL WSDL files to the project root (see above) and running (Mac/Linux):

  python3 -mzeep AXLAPI.wsdl > wsdl.txt
  

  This can help with identifying the proper object structure to send to Zeep

• Elements which contain a list, such as:

  <members>
      <member>
          <subElement1/>
          <subElement2/>
      </member>
      <member>
          <subElement1/>
          <subElement2/>
      </member>        
  </members>

  are represented a little differently than expected by Zeep. Note that <members> becomes an array, not <members>:

  { 
      members: {
          member: [
              {
                  "subElement1": None,
                  "subElement2": None
              },
                              {
                  "subElement1": None,
                  "subElement2": None
              }
          ]
      }
  }

Available samples

• axlZeep.py - Demonstrates adding a user, line, and phone (<addLine>, <addPhone>, <addUser>, <updatePhone>, <getUser>)`

• axl_updateDevicePool - Demonstrates updating an existing Device Pool to modify the Local Route Group settings (<updateDevicePool>)

• axl_add_partition_css.py - Adds two partitions, then adds a CSS containing the two new partitions (<addRoutePartition>, <addCss>)