[Twisted-Python] Escaping variable names

[Maarten ter Huurne]

On Friday 05 March 2010, Kamil Wasilewski wrote:

> from SOAPpy import WSDL
> wsdlFile = "http://webapi.allegro.pl/uploader.php?wsdl"
> server = WSDL.Proxy(wsdlFile)
> server.soapproxy.config.argsOrdering = {'doGetCountries':
> ['country-code', 'webapi-key'] }
> server.doGetCountries(country-code=COUNTRYID}, webapi-key=WEBAPIKEY)
> 
> The above method allows me to specify the order and name of variables
> being sent, but i have a problem since the variables have a "-" sign in
> the middle, is there a way to escape it in the variable name or get
> around the problem?

Yes, you can pass them from a dictionary using the ** syntax:

server.doGetCountries(**{
	'country-code': COUNTRYID, 'webapi-key': WEBAPIKEY
	})

However, if you have the ability to change the API, it would be better to 
use underscores as separators in the argument names instead of dashes.

Bye,
		Maarten