Writing a Python program to access services

I'm working on a python program to search and replace for an IP address in the DNS tables and replace it with something else. But I'm stuck at the first hurdle. I can't login

Code:

server = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(ISP_CONFIG_URL)
try:
   # Authenticate
   session_id = server.login(ISP_CONFIG_USER, ISP_CONFIG_PASSWORD)
   print("Successfully connected to ISPCONFIG Remote API!")
   print("Session ID:", session_id)
   sys.exit(1)
except Exception as e:
   print("Failed to connect to ISPCONFIG Remote API:", e)
   sys.exit(1)

It always gives an Failed to connect to ISPCONFIG Remote API: <ProtocolError for server.kalfa.uk:8080/remote/index.php: 500 Internal Server Error>
I can telnet to that port, so it's listening, and credentials are correct, permissions of the remote user I picked are full, so I don't know why I get an error 500. I also couldn't find anything in the system logs..
Many thanks, -t

 

I'd recommend using a php script to do whatever you want to do. The API is well documented with PHP examples.