[OWSLib-users] error in CSW insert transaction : Document is XML, but not CSW-ish

[Tom Kralidis]

On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 6:12 AM, Chiarello Ernest
<Ernest.Chiarello at univ-fcomte.fr> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to insert a metadata in GeoNetwork, according OWSlib
> documentation but it fails with this error message :
> RuntimeError: Document is XML, but not CSW-ish
>
> But above all, i think quotes are missing in the csw transaction. you should
> write :
>
>>>> csw.transaction(ttype='insert', typename='gmd:MD_Metadata',
>>>> record=open("file.xml").read())
> instead of :
>>>> csw.transaction(ttype='insert', typename='gmd:MD_Metadata',
>>>> record=open(file.xml).read())
>
>
> Next i recovered a file from another GeoNetwork, in order to be sure that
> the metadata file would be correct.
>
> wget
> https://georchestra-mshe.univ-fcomte.fr/geonetwork/srv/fre/xml.metadata.get?id=17804
> -O metadata.xml
>
> And then i tried to insert this metadata in my GeoNetwork Dev machine :
>
>>>> geonetwork =
>>>> 'http://geonetwork-mshe.univ-fcomte.fr:8080/geonetwork/srv/fre/csw'
>>>> from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb
>>>> csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(geonetwork)
>>>> csw.transaction(ttype='insert', typename='gmd:MD_Metadata',
>>>> record=open("metadata.xml").read())
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/owslib/csw.py", line 446, in
> transaction
>     self._invoke()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/owslib/csw.py", line 680, in
> _invoke
>     raise RuntimeError('Document is XML, but not CSW-ish')
> RuntimeError: Document is XML, but not CSW-ish
>
> Can anybody explain to me why my metadata.xml file is not CSW-ish ?
>

My guess is that some sort of authentication is required to make CSW-T
requests against the CSW in question.  Try adding the username an
password parameters to the constructor?

..Tom

> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ernest.