v0.0.8 — 2025-10-15

Overview

This release introduces significant improvements to XML parsing in xsd:any fields and enhanced XML debugging capabilities. Key highlights include:

1. Enhanced ZeepPatcher: Major improvements to handle element attributes in nested xsd:any elements
2. XML Capture Plugin: Enhanced XML formatting and debugging capabilities for SOAP requests/responses
3. Attribute Preservation: Fixed parsing issues where XML element attributes were lost during processing
4. Better Configuration: Updated build configuration and dependency management

Changelog Summary

PyPI

https://pypi.org/project/onvif-python/0.0.8 (18509718189)

Fixed

• Enhanced attribute parsing in xsd:any elements (d341d0b) (34ce882)

  • Fixed parsing of XML element attributes within xsd:any fields

  • Added _parse_element_recursive() for general recursive element parsing

  • Enhanced _patched_parse_xmlelements() to preserve element attributes

  • Improved flatten_xsd_any_fields() with proper zeep object to dict conversion

  • Example: Element attributes now properly parsed

    <!-- XML Response -->
    <tt:CellLayout Columns="22" Rows="18">
      <tt:Transformation>
        <tt:Translate x="-1.0" y="-1.0"/>
        <tt:Scale x="0.090909" y="0.111111"/>
      </tt:Transformation>
    </tt:CellLayout>

    # Previously: Columns and Rows attributes were lost
    # Now: Properly parsed
    {
        'CellLayout': {
            'Columns': 22,           # ✅ Now preserved
            'Rows': 18,              # ✅ Now preserved  
            'Transformation': {
                'Translate': {'x': -1.0, 'y': -1.0},
                'Scale': {'x': 0.090909, 'y': 0.111111}
            }
        }
    }

• Enhanced XML formatting with pretty print option using minidom (7b6b076)

  • Fixed XML capture and formatting for SOAP debugging

  • Added proper pretty-print XML formatting with xml.dom.minidom

  • Improved readability of captured SOAP requests and responses

  • Example:

    from onvif import ONVIFClient
    
    # Enable XML capture
    client = ONVIFClient("192.168.1.100", 80, "admin", "password", capture_xml=True)
    device = client.devicemgmt()
    
    # Make ONVIF call
    info = device.GetDeviceInformation()
    
    # Access captured XML (now properly formatted)
    print("Request XML:")
    print(client.xml_plugin.last_sent_xml)
    
    print("Response XML:")
    print(client.xml_plugin.last_received_xml)
    
    # Save to files
    client.xml_plugin.save_to_file("request.xml", "response.xml")

Build & Configuration (3792d56)

• Updated dependency requirements (pyproject.toml)

  • Updated zeep>=4.3.0 (from 4.2.1)
  • Updated requests>=2.32.0 (from 2.28.0)
  • Added Black configuration to exclude raw/ folder
  • Excluded raw/ folder from package distribution

• Improved development workflow (6525515) (75c56ec)

  • Added Black code formatter configuration
  • Better exclude patterns for development files
  • Enhanced build configuration

Documentation

• Enhanced code documentation (92fb83f) (c5f9a7c) (79adfeb)

  • Improved docstrings for ZeepPatcher methods
  • Added comprehensive XMLCapturePlugin documentation
  • Better inline code comments for complex parsing logic

• Added (raw/) folder for XML/Python comparison data (f25f72c) (db4814c) (b199355) (a97e6ea)

  • Contains XML response samples and corresponding Python object outputs
  • Useful for testing and comparing parsing results
  • Demonstrates before/after attribute parsing improvements
  • Excluded from package distribution and Black formatting

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Breaking Changes

None — This release maintains full backward compatibility:

• Existing code will continue to function without modifications
• Enhanced parsing is transparent to existing applications

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Full Changelog: v0.0.7...v0.0.8