[owslib-users] owslib and CSW authentication

[Ricardo Filipe Soares Garcia da]

Hello list

I'm new to owslib and I'm also still finding my way through the CSW
and XML metadata jungle, so please bear with me.
I want to use owslib for inserting records to my csw server, but I
can't seem to insert them unless I am authenticated.

I've skimmed through the documentation available on [1] and tried to
insert my data in the csw server with the following commands:


csw = CatalogueServiceWeb('private server url')
xmlFile = 'path_to_xml_file'
csw.transaction(ttype='insert', typename='gmd:MD_Metadata',
record=open(xmlFile).read())
print(csw.response)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ows:ExceptionReport xmlns:ows="http://www.opengis.net/ows"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0.0"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.opengis.net/ows
http://schemas.opengis.net/ows/1.0.0/owsExceptionReport.xsd">
  <ows:Exception exceptionCode="NoApplicableCode">
    <ows:ExceptionText>Cannot process transaction: User not
authenticated.</ows:ExceptionText>
  </ows:Exception>
</ows:ExceptionReport>


So, how can I authenticate with the server?

Thanks in advance



[1] - http://owslib.sourceforge.net/#csw


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