Python script to log on to Kronos WFC using the XML API

kronos-wfc-logon.py

# Logs on to Kronos WFC using an XML request
# Written as an example for https://stackoverflow.com/a/46776518/3357935
import requests

url = "http://localhost/wfc/XmlService"
headers = {'Content-Type': 'text/xml'}
data = """<Kronos_WFC version = "1.0">
              <Request Object="System" Action="Logon" Username="SomeUsername" Password="SomePassword" />
          </Kronos_WFC>"""

# Login to Kronos and print response
session = requests.Session()  # preserve login cookies across requests
response = session.post(url, data=data, headers=headers)
print(response.text)

Do you know how to reset a password via the API?

I don't think you can directly reset a user's password with the API.

According to the Developer Toolkit Reference Guide, you can force a user to reset their password on login with the UserAccount tag if you set PasswordUpdateFlag to True.