• XmlRpc

XML-RPC

XML-RPC is a neat way to send messages across the Internet.

The neat thing about XML-RPC is that it transports native data structures- you can ship off lists, strings, dictionaries, and numbers.

You can [wiki:Wiki/XmlRpc read more about it over on C2,] or on [http://www.xml-rpc.com/ the XML-RPC home page.]

Sample Code

   1 import xmlrpclib
   2 
   3 XMLRPC_SERVER_URL = "http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin/?action=xmlrpc"
   4 
   5 pythoninfo = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy( XMLRPC_SERVER_URL )
   6 allpages = pythoninfo.getAllPages() # this is the XML-RPC call
   7 
   8 print ", ".join( allpages )

This code calls the PythonInfo wiki, and receives the TitleIndex as a list.

See Also

• [http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/xmlrpc-client-example.html official xmlrpclib example]

• [http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-xmlrpclib.html xmlrpclib documentation]

• DocXmlRpcServer - class to help make an XML-RPC server

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