1 def spam():
   2     return "spam"

   1 XMLRPC_namespace = "eggs"
   2 
   3 def spam():
   4     return "spam"

   1 import xmlrpclib
   2 
   3 server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://example.net/xrcgi.py")
   4 print server.eggs.spam()

   1 #!/usr/bin/env python2.4
   2 """CGI between XML-RPC web requests, and specially marked modules.
   3 
   4 This script is a gateway (CGI) between web XML-RPC requests, and
   5 Python modules that define "XMLRPC_namespace".
   6 
   7 Functions within Modules that define the name "XMLRPC_namespace" are
   8 accessible by XML-RPC. Function names that begin with an underscore (ex:
   9 _eggs) are not published. Functions are published within the XML-RPC
  10 namespace designated by the XMLRPC_namespace value, or the base
  11 namespace if the value is None.
  12 """
  13 
  14 import time
  15 import os
  16 import imp
  17 import types
  18 
  19 import DocXMLRPCServer
  20 
  21 
  22 def find_modules(path="."):
  23     """Return names of modules in a directory.
  24 
  25     Returns module names in a list. Filenames that end in ".py" or
  26     ".pyc" are considered to be modules. The extension is not included
  27     in the returned list.
  28     """
  29     modules = set()
  30     for filename in os.listdir(path):
  31         module = None
  32         if filename.endswith(".py"):
  33             module = filename[:-3]
  34         elif filename.endswith(".pyc"):
  35             module = filename[:-4]
  36         if module is not None:
  37             modules.add(module)
  38     return list(modules)
  39 
  40 
  41 def load_module(name, path=["."]):
  42     """Return a named module found in a given path."""
  43     (file, pathname, description) = imp.find_module(name, path)
  44     return imp.load_module(name, file, pathname, description)
  45 
  46 
  47 def find_xmlrpc_modules():
  48     """Find modules that define XMLRPC_namespace.
  49 
  50     Loads all modules in the current working directory. Returns a list
  51     of modules, the modules that define XMLRPC_namespace.
  52     """
  53     modules = [load_module(m) for m in find_modules()]
  54     xmlrpc_modules = []
  55     for m in modules:
  56         if m.__dict__.has_key("XMLRPC_namespace"):
  57             xmlrpc_modules.append(m)
  58     return xmlrpc_modules
  59 
  60 
  61 def functions_in_module(module):
  62     """Find all functions in a module."""
  63     functions = []
  64     for obj in module.__dict__.values():
  65         if isinstance(obj, types.FunctionType):
  66             functions.append(obj)
  67     return functions
  68 
  69 
  70 if __name__ == "__main__":
  71     handler = DocXMLRPCServer.DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler()
  72 
  73     for module in find_xmlrpc_modules():
  74         for func in functions_in_module(module):
  75             if func.__name__.startswith("_"):
  76                 continue
  77             full_name = func.__name__
  78             if module.XMLRPC_namespace is not None:
  79                 full_name = "%s.%s" % (module.XMLRPC_namespace,
  80                                        full_name)
  81             handler.register_function(func, full_name)
  82 
  83     handler.set_server_title("xrserver")
  84     handler.register_introspection_functions()
  85     handler.register_multicall_functions()
  86     handler.handle_request()