suds-jurko
Lightweight SOAP client (Jurko's fork)
What it is and what it does
suds-jurko is a fork of the original suds SOAP client library, created when the main project's development stalled. It provides a Python interface for consuming SOAP-based web services by parsing WSDL documents and generating client stubs to call remote methods. The package has no external runtime dependencies and was designed to be lightweight and straightforward to use.
However, this package is abandoned: the last release was in 2014-01-24, and it targets only Python 2.4 through 3.3. It will not work on modern Python versions without significant modification. The description notes this fork was intended as temporary, pending revival of the original project—a condition that has not materialized.
Use it for:
- Calling legacy SOAP web services from Python 2 applications that cannot be updated to modern versions.
- Integrating with enterprise systems that expose SOAP APIs and require a minimal, dependency-free client.
- Prototyping or testing SOAP service interactions in older Python environments.
- Maintaining existing Python 2 codebases that already depend on suds-jurko and cannot migrate to newer libraries.
Worth the install?
AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Provides a lightweight SOAP client for calling web services from Python code, enabling communication with SOAP-based APIs.
No. The package is abandoned and incompatible with modern Python versions. If you need a SOAP client for modern Python, use a maintained alternative. If you are stuck on Python 2 and cannot upgrade, this may be your only option—but that scenario itself is a strong signal to modernize. The copyleft license also requires careful review if you plan to distribute derivative code.
Install
suds-jurko on PyPI
pip
pip install suds-jurkouv
uv add suds-jurkopoetry
poetry add suds-jurkoInstalling suds-jurko
Before you install
High install friction: the package is abandoned (last release 2014-01-24, over 4585 days ago) and targets Python 2.4–3.3, making it incompatible with modern Python versions. No runtime dependencies, but maintenance has stalled entirely.
License in practice
Licensed under LGPL (copyleft). Derivative works and modifications must be distributed under compatible terms; static linking or proprietary use requires careful legal review.
Quickstart
pip install suds-jurko
from suds.client import Client
client = Client('http://example.com/service?wsdl')
result = client.service.someMethod()
Targets Python 2.4–3.3; incompatible with modern Python versions. The package is abandoned and no longer maintained.
Verify before relying
- Whether this fork is compatible with any Python version released after 2014.
- Whether the original suds project has been revived or if a maintained alternative is now available.
- Whether WSDL parsing and SOAP serialization work correctly with modern web services.
Package facts
| License | (specified using classifiers) (copyleft) |
| Python support | not specified |
| Install friction | high — source build required |
| Runtime dependencies | none |
| Maintenance | abandoned — 4,585 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 106,435/month — #12,651 on PyPI (30-day window, as of 2026-08-14) |
| Known vulnerabilities | none known (OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14) |
Evidence: suds-jurko-0.6.tar.bz2; suds-jurko-0.6.zip
Keywords: SOAP, web, service, client
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