Thank you Motoma....I have been playing around with httplib, httplib2, and urllib, urllib2 but not winning....I will post my latest code shortly...I do not need anything from the page. I just need to update the "getdir" field and the "cobdate" field then submit

I have just amended the code slightly and it seems the covertion is no longer a problem. The problem now is picking the files and sending them to the server. I can find the files but I still get "There are no files message"
Thank you in advance

import logging
from ESSImporter_client import *
from ESSImporter_types import *
import os
import datetime
import time
import sys
import subprocess
import paramiko
import platform
import string

WSDESCRIPTOR = 'ESSImporter'
LOGFILE = 'C:/Logs/%s/%s_%s.log' % (WSDESCRIPTOR.lower(), WSDESCRIPTOR, datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d"))
TIBCOSERVER = 'GenevaServer'
TIBCOPORT = '7979'
WEBSERVICEADDRESS = "http://%(server)s:%(port)s/ESSImporter/Services/Interface/intfESSImporter-service.serviceagent/intfwsProcess_ESSImporterEndpoint1" % {'server': TIBCOSERVER, 'port': TIBCOPORT, 'ws': WSDESCRIPTOR}
FILEPATH="C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/"
REMOTEPATH='/export/home/geneva/geneva-4000/extracts/out/%s'
FTPSERVER = 'GenevaServer'
FTPUSER = 'geneva'
if platform.system().upper() == 'WINDOWS' : #dev environment
   FTPPASSWORD = "C:/Scripts/Python/certs/GENEVA/Priv_Key.ppk"
else:
    FTPPASSWORD = "/export/home/geneva/geneva-4000/certs/GENEVA/Priv_Key.ppk"

FILEEXT = string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', '')
FILELIST = ('basket_div_SA.0', 'basket_payment_SA.0', 'basket_summary_SA.0', 'basket_swap_SA.0', 'basket_trade_SA.0', 'interest_detail_SA.0', 'unwind_SA.0')
for fileentry in FILELIST:
    filename = FILEPATH + fileentry + "." + FILEEXT
    if os.path.isfile(filename):        
        print 'file exists: ' + filename
    else:
        print 'no such file: ' + filename
 
def getfile(ftphost, fromfile, tofile, tibcoinstanceInfo=None, tibcoinstanceError=None):
    
    if tibcoinstanceInfo:
        tibcoinstanceInfo('Connecting to %s as %s with pw %s' % (ftphost, FTPUSER, FTPPASSWORD))
        
    try:
        t = paramiko.Transport((ftphost, 22))
        key = paramiko.RSAKey.from_private_key_file(FTPPASSWORD)
        t.connect(username=FTPUSER, pkey=key)
        sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(t)
        
        if sftp != None:
            sftp.get(fromfile, tofile)

            sftp.close()
        
            if tibcoinstanceInfo:
                tibcoinstanceInfo('FTP of the file was successful')
            result = True
        else:
            if tibcoinstanceError:
                tibcoinstanceError('Could not connect to the FTP server')
            result = False
        
        
    except Exception, e:
        if tibcoinstanceError:
            tibcoinstanceError('Error FTPing the file from %s to %s: %s: %s' % (fromfile,tofile,e.__class__, e))
        result = False
        
    return result


class TibcoWS():
    def __init__ (self, logfile, debuglevel, logmsg):
        if logfile:
            self.SetLogFile(logfile, debuglevel)
            if logmsg is not None:
                logging.info(logmsg)

    def SetLogFile(self,fname,DebugLevel):
        
        path, filename = os.path.split(fname)
        self.makedir(path)
        logging.basicConfig(level=DebugLevel,
            format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s',
            filename=fname,
            filemode='a')
    
    def makedir(self, newdir):
        """works the way a good mkdir should :)/>
        - already exists, silently complete
        - regular file in the way, raise an exception
        - parent directory(ies) does not exist, make them as well
        """
        
        if os.path.isdir(newdir):
            pass
        elif os.path.isfile(newdir):
            raise OSError("a file with the same name as the desired " \
                      "dir, '%s', already exists." % newdir)
        else:
            head, tail = os.path.split(newdir)
            if head and not os.path.isdir(head):
                self.makedir(head)
            if tail:
                os.mkdir(newdir)  
                
    def info(self,msg):
        print (msg)
        logging.info(msg)
        
    def error(self,msg):
        print ('[ERROR] '+msg)
        logging.error(msg)
        
    def CheckParams(self, params):
        result = False
        if len(params) == 1:
            self.error('Invalid parameters passed')
            print "Parameters:"
            print "    Date (yyyy-mm-dd)"
            result = False
        else:
            result = True
            
        return result           
        
    
    def CallWS(self, param):
        
        result = 1
        try:
                self.info('Calling Tibco %s WS with parameter: %s' % (WSDESCRIPTOR, param))
                
                loc = intfProcess_ESSImporter_serviceLocator()
                svc = loc.getintfwsProcess_ESSImporterEndpoint1(WEBSERVICEADDRESS)
                
                kw = input()
                 
                kw._FileName = param
                
                self.info("Called Tibco with params %(filename)s" % {'filename': param})
                
                op = svc.Process_sp_ESSImporter_sp_FeesOp(kw)
                
                result = int(op._Result)
                
                if result == 0:
                    self.info("Tibco process call was successful")
                else:
                    self.error("Tibco process call failed with error: %s" % result)
    
        except Exception, e:
            self.error('Error calling the Tibco Web Service: %s: %s' % (e.__class__, e))
            result = 1
            
            
        return result
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    result = 1    
    tws = TibcoWS(LOGFILE, logging.INFO, 'Starting Web call to %s Tibco service' % WSDESCRIPTOR)
    if tws.CheckParams(sys.argv):
#        path, filename = os.path.split(FILEPATH % (string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', '')))
        path = FILEPATH
        filename = FileName
        #print("REMOTEPATH %s filename %s: " % (REMOTEPATH % filename))
        #print("FILEPATH %s filename %s: " % (FILEPATH % filename))
        
        #if getfile(FTPSERVER, FILEPATH % filename, REMOTEPATH % string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', ''), tws.info, tws.error):
        if getfile(FTPSERVER, FILEPATH, REMOTEPATH % string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', ''), tws.info, tws.error):
            result = tws.CallWS(FILEPATH % string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', ''))
            os.remove(FILEPATH % string.replace(sys.argv[1], '-', ''))
            print 'will copy file %s' % filenames
    #time.sleep(600)
    
    tws.info('Exited with code: %s' % result)
    sys.exit(result)

The error message is :
C:\developer\workspace\Python\UnixPowerBroker\Inbound_Dissemination\ESS>python CallTibcoWS.py 2011-11-04
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/basket_div_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/basket_payment_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/basket_summary_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/basket_swap_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/basket_trade_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/interest_detail_SA.0.20111104
file exists: C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/unwind_SA.0.20111104
Connecting to GenevaServer as geneva with pw C:/Scripts/Python/certs/GENEVA/Priv_Key.ppk
[ERROR] Error FTPing the file from C:/ESSSWAP/Archive/Ess_Import/ to /export/home/geneva/geneva-4000/extracts/out/20111104: <type 'exceptions.IOError'>: [Errno 2] No such file

sepp2k, on 16 November 2011 - 12:46 PM, said:

Looking at line 170 - I am passing two parameters. REMOTEPATH and the dateparameter. On 170, I am simply converting the passed parameter to a string with a different format. If I pass '2011-11-11', that line will change it to 20111111

I read somewhere that maybe my passed value is not a string so I tried the below code

170 - path, filename = os.path.split(REMOTEPATH % int(sys.argv[1]))

I just converted the passed value into an int and it is working.