SOAP/XML input Help

[duguarun]

Hi,

I've server which will accept only SOAP/XML requests. I want my client to send a XML request to access the server. But im unable to send the SOAP/XML request. can anyone help me on it?

import socket
server=socket.socket()
host=socket.gethostname()
port=4515
server.connect((host,port))
#variable a supposed to be a XML input
a='''<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1'?><soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"><soapenv:Header/><soapenv:Body><LOGIN><REQTYPE>clientauth</REQTYPE><TRANID>4544541</TRANID><USERID>xxxx</USERID><PASSWORD>xxxx</PASSWORD></LOGIN></soapenv:Body></soapenv:Envelope>'''
server.send(a)
server.recv(1024)
server.close