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

Tue May 3 05:30:42 PDT 2016

Hi Ernest:

On Tue, 3 May 2016, Chiarello Ernest wrote:

> Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 11:37:47 +0200
> From: Chiarello Ernest <Ernest.Chiarello at univ-fcomte.fr>
> To: Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>, OWSLib-users at lists.osgeo.org
> Subject: Re: [OWSLib-users] error in CSW insert transaction : Document is XML,
>     but not CSW-ish
> 
> Le 03/05/2016 11:11, Chiarello Ernest a écrit :
>> new idea !
>> 
>> Le 03/05/2016 11:05, Chiarello Ernest a écrit :
>>> Hi Tom,
>>> 
>>> Le 03/05/2016 05:04, Tom Kralidis a écrit :
>>>> 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
>>> sorry, but i do not know how to set username and passord in the csw 
>>> transaction.
>>> 
>>> def transaction(self, ttype=None, typename='csw:Record', record=None, 
>>> propertyname=None, propertyvalue=None, bbox=None, keywords=[], cql=None, 
>>> identifier=None):
>>> 
>>> """
>>> 
>>> Construct and process a Transaction request
>>> 
>>> Parameters
>>> ----------
>>> 
>>> - ttype: the type of transaction 'insert, 'update', 'delete'
>>> - typename: the typename to describe (default is 'csw:Record')
>>> - record: the XML record to insert
>>> - propertyname: the RecordProperty/PropertyName to Filter against
>>> - propertyvalue: the RecordProperty Value to Filter against (for updates)
>>> - bbox: the bounding box of the spatial query in the form 
>>> [minx,miny,maxx,maxy]
>>> - keywords: list of keywords
>>> - cql: common query language text. Note this overrides bbox, qtype, 
>>> keywords
>>> - identifier: record identifier. Note this overrides bbox, qtype, 
>>> keywords, cql
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> thanks for your help,
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Ernest.
>>> 
>> 
>> I realized that username and password should be send when opening CSW !
>> csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(geonetwork, skip_caps=True, username='admin', 
>> password='admin')
>> 
>> but i have a new error...
>> 
>> >>> geonetwork = 
>> 'http://geonetwork-mshe.univ-fcomte.fr:8080/geonetwork/srv/fre/csw'
>> >>> from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb
>> >>> csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(geonetwork, skip_caps=True, username='admin', 
>> password='admin')
>> >>> 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 429, in 
>> transaction
>>     node1.append(etree.fromstring(record))
>>   File "src/lxml/lxml.etree.pyx", line 3213, in lxml.etree.fromstring 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:82934)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1819, in lxml.etree._parseMemoryDocument 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:124533)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1707, in lxml.etree._parseDoc 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:123074)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 1079, in 
>> lxml.etree._BaseParser._parseDoc (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:117114)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 573, in 
>> lxml.etree._ParserContext._handleParseResultDoc 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:110510)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 683, in lxml.etree._handleParseResult 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:112276)
>>   File "src/lxml/parser.pxi", line 624, in lxml.etree._raiseParseError 
>> (src/lxml/lxml.etree.c:111367)
>> lxml.etree.XMLSyntaxError: None
>> 
>> any help ?
>> 
>> Ernest.
>
> sorry, the metadata file was empty, for an unknow reason... >:o
> so, i can try another time, with user authentication :
>
>>>> geonetwork = 
> 'http://geonetwork-mshe.univ-fcomte.fr:8080/geonetwork/srv/fre/csw'
>>>> from owslib.csw import CatalogueServiceWeb
>>>> csw = CatalogueServiceWeb(geonetwork, skip_caps=True, username='admin', 
> password='admin')
>>>>
>>>> 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
>
> it seems the error is the same...

Are you able to access csw.response after the error?  If not, add a print
statment (self.response) in https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/blob/master/owslib/csw.py#L666
to see the actual result from the CSW?

> what am i missing ?
>
>
> Ernest.
>
>