Suds generates empty elements; how to remove them?

Question

[Major Edit based on experience since 1st post two days ago.]

I am building a Python SOAP/XML script using Suds, but am struggling to get the code to generate SOAP/X

Answer 1

There's an even easier way - no need for any Reg Ex or exciting iterators ;)

First, define the plugin:

class PrunePlugin(MessagePlugin):
    def marshalled(self, context):
        context.envelope = context.envelope.prune()

Then use it when creating the client:

client = Client(url, plugins=[PrunePlugin()])

The prune() method will remove any empty nodes, as documented here: http://jortel.fedorapeople.org/suds/doc/suds.sax.element.Element-class.html