This example uses the steps that are described in the Create a Web Services Session procedure.

from urlparse import urlparse
import re
from pyVim.connect import SmartConnect
from vmware.vapi.stdlib.client.factories import StubConfigurationFactory
from vmware.vapi.security.session import create_session_security_context

# Extract the host name from the endpoint URL.
url_scheme, url_host, url_path, url_params, prl_query, url_fragment = urlparse(ws_url)
pattern = ‘(?P<host>[^:/ ]+).?(?P<port>[0-9]*)’
match = re.search(pattern, url_host)
host_name = match.group(“host’)

# Invoke the SmartConnect() method 
# by supplying the host name, user name, and password.
service_instance_stub = SmartConnect(host=host_name, user=my_username, password=my_password)

# Retrieve the service content.
service_content = service_instance_stub.RetrieveContent