def __init__(self, url, version=WPS_DEFAULT_VERSION, username=None, password=None, verbose=False, skip_caps=False,<EOL>headers=None, verify=True, cert=None, timeout=None):
<EOL>self.url = clean_ows_url(url)<EOL>self.username = username<EOL>self.password = password<EOL>self.version = version<EOL>self.verbose = verbose<EOL>self.headers = headers<EOL>self.verify = verify<EOL>self.cert = cert<EOL>self.timeout = timeout<EOL>self._capabilities = None<EOL>self.identification = None<EOL>self.provider = None<EOL>self.operations = []<EOL>self.processes = []<EOL>if not skip_caps:<EOL><INDENT>self.getcapabilities()<EOL><DEDENT>
Initialization method resets the object status.
By default it will execute a GetCapabilities invocation to the remote service,
which can be skipped by using skip_caps=True.