TypeError 'str' object is not callable in Python

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I am trying to compile a python program and it is giving error as TypeError : 'str' object is not callable 

def finaldata(auth_server_url, client_id, client_secret, tracelink_url, soap_auth):
    jsondata=callapi(auth_server_url, client_id, client_secret, token_payload)
    ams_path = jsontodf(jsondata)
    ams_data = pd.read_csv(ams_path)
    count = 0
    tracelink_df= pd.DataFrame(columns=df_cols)
    for row in ams_data.index:
        count=count+1
        tracelink_serial = "{}{}{}{}".format('010',ams_data['productPack.productCode'][row],'21',ams_data['productPack.serialNumber'][row])
        getsoapresponse=gettracelinkdata(tracelink_url, soap_auth, tracelink_payload.format(tracelink_serial))
        temp_tracelink_df = parse_XML(getsoapresponse, df_cols)
        tracelink_df = pd.concat([tracelink_df, temp_tracelink_df], ignore_index=True)

    new_ams_data = ams_data.join(tracelink_df)
    # Rearranging the columns as per Oracle Db
    new_ams_data.rename(columns={"uniqueAlertId":"ALERT_AMS_ID", "productPack.obpId":"OBP_ID","productPack.obpStatus":"OBP_STATUS",
        "productPack.productCode":"PRODUCT_CODE","productPack.productCodeScheme":"PRODUCT_CODE_SCHEMA","productPack.serialNumber":"SERIAL_NUMBER",
        "productPack.batchId":"BATCH_ID","productPack.storedBatchId":"STORED_BATCH_ID","productPack.expiryDate":"EXPIRY_DATE",
        "productPack.storedExpiryDate":"STORED_EXPIRY_DATE","productPack.productName":"PRODUCT_NAME","isManualEntry":"IS_MANUAL_ENTRY",
        "status":"ALERT_STATUS","clientId":"CLIENT_ID","errorMessage":"ERROR_MESSAGE","errorCode":"ERROR_CODE","timestamp":"TIME_STAMP",
        "marketId":"MARKET_ID","actualState":"ACTUAL_STATE","requestTargetState":"TARGET_STATE","PackagingItemCodeType":"TL_PACK_CODE_TYPE",
        "PackagingItemCode":"TL_PACK_CODE","ItemCode":"TL_IMN","Lot":"TL_LOT","ExpirationDate":"TL_EXPIRY_DATE","SerialNumberState":"TL_SN_STATE",
        "ItemState":"TL_ITEM_STATE"}, inplace=True)
    new_ams_data.to_csv(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'final_data.csv'), index=False)
    final_data_path = str(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'final_data.csv'))
    return final_data_path

So far, i see the program is working till ams_path = jsontodf(jsondata) but after that I dont know why there is this compile error.

NB: it is working fine in VS Code, but I have to execute it via python compiler and this is where it is giving problems.
I tried to run the code line by line and I noticed I am getting error at this point:

tracelink_serial = "{}{}{}{}".format('010',ams_data['productPack.productCode'][row],'21',ams_data['productPack.serialNumber'][row])
getsoapresponse=gettracelinkdata(tracelink_url, soap_auth, tracelink_payload.format(tracelink_serial))

Below is the code for function: gettracelinkdata

def gettracelinkdata(tracelink_url, tracesoap_auth, tracelink_payload):
    tracesoap_headers = {'Content-Type':'text/xml; charset=utf-8'}
    soap_response = requests.post(tracelink_url, headers=tracesoap_headers, data=tracelink_payload, verify=False, auth=tracesoap_auth)
    soaptext = soap_response.text
    return soaptext

I need help as I think I am missing some best practices of python in my code. :frowning:

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Please post the complete traceback, wrapped in backticks:

```
(traceback lines here)
```
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With a traceback, and more info, this is a LOT of code to try to figure out!

But: that error means you have tried to use a string like a function – i.e. “calling” it. This is how you call a function (I’m sure you know this)

a_function(some, arguments)

so what is happening is that you have a variable that holds a string, but you are usiong is like a function:

In [369]: a_string = "a string"

In [370]: a_string(3,4)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-370-d969263b6fb0> in <module>
----> 1 a_string(3,4)

TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Look at the line giveing the error, and hopefully you’ll be able to figure out what’s wrong.

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Good for you, you even run your code line by line, but just don’t paste the traceback.

Without the traceback, a wild guess is the soap_auth parameter passed in, since it will act as the auth argument of requests.post(), which requires a callable in some cases.