code: def get_session_key(
          user,
          password,
          url='https://localhost:8089',
          verify=False,
          ssl_options=None):
      
      servercontent = requests.post(
          '{}/services/auth/login'.format(
              url),
          headers={},
          verify=False,
          data={
              'username': user,
              'password': password
          })
      get_session_key = parseString(
          servercontent.text).getElementsByTagName(
              'sessionKey')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
      return get_session_key
docs: get_session_key
  
      This will get a user session key and throw for any errors
  
      :param user: username
      :param password: password
      :param url: splunk auth url
      :param verify: verify cert
      :param ssl_options: ssl options dictionary