#!/usr/bin/env python import sys from SOAPpy import WSDL blast_wsdUrl='http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/webservices/wsdl/WSWUBlast.wsdl' server = WSDL.Proxy(blast_wsdUrl) server.soapproxy.config.dumpSOAPOut = 1 server.soapproxy.config.dumpSOAPIn = 1 seq = """>UniProt/TrEMBL|Q8E5Q5|Q8E5Q5_STRA3 Hypothetical protein gbs0925 MKLSKRYRFWQKVIKALGVLALIATLVLVVYLYKLGILNDSNELKDLVHKYEFWGPMIFI VAQIVQIVFPVIPGGVTTVAGFLIFGPTLGFIYNYIGIIIGSVILFWLVKFYGRKFVLLF MDQKTFDKYESKLETSGYEKFFIFCMASPISPADIMVMITGLSNMSIKRFVTIIMITKPI SIIGYSYLWIYGGDILKNFLN""" blast_params = {'program':'blastp', 'database':'uniref90', 'email':'your@email.com', 'async':0} blast_data = [{'type':'sequence', 'content':seq}] jobid = server.runWUBlast(params=blast_params,content=blast_data) print jobid sys.stdout.flush() result = server.poll(jobid,'tooloutput') print result