Adding a new user to Cosmo (can be used by scooby)

import random 
from DAVTest import DAVTest

class cosmoAddUser(DAVTest):
    
    def startRun(self):
        
        # ------- Test Create Account ------- #
        
        self.testStart('Setup Accounts')
        
        try:
            self.appendUser = self.appendDict['username']
        except KeyError:
            self.appendUser = ''
           
        cmpheaders = self.headerAdd({'Content-Type' : "text/xml; charset=UTF-8"})
        cmpheaders = self.headerAddAuth("root", "cosmo", headers=cmpheaders)
           
        #CMP path
        cmppath = self.pathBuilder('/cmp/user/cosmo-TestAccount%s' % self.appendUser)
        
        #Create testing account        
        bodycreateaccount = '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> \                                 
 <user xmlns="http://osafoundation.org/cosmo/CMP"> \                                   
 <username>cosmoTestAccount%s</username> \                                  
 <password>cosmotest</password> \                                  
 <firstName>cosmoTest</firstName> \                                   
 <lastName>TestAccount</lastName> \                                   
 <email>cosmoTestAccount%s@osafoundation.org</email> \                                   
 </user>' % (self.appendUser, self.appendUser)
                                 
        #Create account and check status
        self.request('PUT', cmppath, body=bodycreateaccount, headers=cmpheaders)
        self.checkStatus(201) # 201 ACCOUNT CREATED