Changes between Version 38 and Version 39 of XML-RPC


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Sep 8, 2007, 12:58:21 PM (17 years ago)
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     1NOTE: All credit for this code goes to Crast in irc.freenode.net:#django...
     2
     3This uses SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher which is part of the standard Python lib in 2.4 (And possibly earlier versions).
     4
     5
     6In discussing ways of handling XML-RPC for Django, I realised I really needed a way to do it without patching Django's code.  Crast in #django came up with a great solution, which I have modified and tweaked a bit.
     7
     8I've included it here.  Feel free to fiddle with it and make it your own ... All this code is '''post-mr'''
     9
     10Any crappy & garbage code is completely mine; I'm still learning Python so bear with me.  The hacks I added for self-documentation output are just that; any improvements to them would probably be a good thing.
     11
     12First, setup your urls.py to map an XML-RPC service:
     13
     14
     15{{{
     16#!python
     17urlpatterns = patterns('',
     18    # XML-RPC
     19     (r'^xml_rpc_srv/', 'yourproject.yourapp.xmlrpc.rpc_handler'),
     20)
     21}}}
     22
     23
     24Then, in the appropriate place, create a file called xmlrpc.py
     25
     26
     27{{{
     28#!python
     29# Patchless XMLRPC Service for Django
     30# Kind of hacky, and stolen from Crast on irc.freenode.net:#django
     31# Self documents as well, so if you call it from outside of an XML-RPC Client
     32# it tells you about itself and its methods
     33#
     34# Brendan W. McAdams <brendan.mcadams@thewintergrp.com>
     35
     36# SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher lets us register xml-rpc calls w/o
     37# running a full XMLRPC Server.  It's up to us to dispatch data
     38
     39from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher
     40from django.http import HttpResponse
     41
     42# Create a Dispatcher; this handles the calls and translates info to function maps
     43#dispatcher = SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher() # Python 2.4
     44dispatcher = SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher(allow_none=False, encoding=None) # Python 2.5
     45
     46 
     47
     48def rpc_handler(request):
     49        """
     50        the actual handler:
     51        if you setup your urls.py properly, all calls to the xml-rpc service
     52        should be routed through here.
     53        If post data is defined, it assumes it's XML-RPC and tries to process as such
     54        Empty post assumes you're viewing from a browser and tells you about the service.
     55        """
     56
     57        response = HttpResponse()
     58        if len(request.POST):
     59                response.write(dispatcher._marshaled_dispatch(request.raw_post_data))
     60        else:
     61                response.write("<b>This is an XML-RPC Service.</b><br>")
     62                response.write("You need to invoke it using an XML-RPC Client!<br>")
     63                response.write("The following methods are available:<ul>")
     64                methods = dispatcher.system_listMethods()
     65
     66                for method in methods:
     67                        # right now, my version of SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher always
     68                        # returns "signatures not supported"... :(
     69                        # but, in an ideal world it will tell users what args are expected
     70                        sig = dispatcher.system_methodSignature(method)
     71
     72                        # this just reads your docblock, so fill it in!
     73                        help =  dispatcher.system_methodHelp(method)
     74
     75                        response.write("<li><b>%s</b>: [%s] %s" % (method, sig, help))
     76
     77                response.write("</ul>")
     78                response.write('<a href="http://www.djangoproject.com/"> <img src="http://media.djangoproject.com/img/badges/djangomade124x25_grey.gif" border="0" alt="Made with Django." title="Made with Django."></a>')
     79
     80        response['Content-length'] = str(len(response.content))
     81        return response
     82
     83def multiply(a, b):
     84        """
     85        Multiplication is fun!
     86        Takes two arguments, which are multiplied together.
     87        Returns the result of the multiplication!
     88        """
     89        return a*b
     90
     91# you have to manually register all functions that are xml-rpc-able with the dispatcher
     92# the dispatcher then maps the args down.
     93# The first argument is the actual method, the second is what to call it from the XML-RPC side...
     94dispatcher.register_function(multiply, 'multiply')
     95}}}
     96
     97That's it!
     98
     99You can pretty much write a standard python function in there, just be sure to register it with the dispatcher when you're done. 
     100
     101Here's a quick and dirty client example for testing:
     102
     103{{{
     104#!python
     105import sys
     106import xmlrpclib
     107rpc_srv = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000/xml_rpc_srv/")
     108result = rpc_srv.multiply( int(sys.argv[1]), int(sys.argv[2]))
     109print "%d * %d = %d" % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], result)
     110}}}
     111
     112Based on experience, I do recommend that you use Dictionaries for your args rather than long args, but I think that's personal preference (It allows named arguments, eliminates 'out of order' argument issues and it makes the code more self-documenting).
     113
     114Have fun!
     115
     116- [mailto:bwmcadams@NOSPAM.gmail.com  Brendan W. McAdams <bwmcadams@NOSPAM.gmail.com>]
     117
     118----
     119
     120I wrote up [http://www.personal-api.com/train/2007/feb/01/pingbacks-xml-rpc-and-django/ a modified version of the XML-RPC view] that uses a template for documentation. -- [mailto:hackerblinks+django@gmail.com Adam Blinkinsop <hackerblinks+django@gmail.com>]
     121
     122----
     123
     124I've taken the basics of the SimpleXMLRPCDispatcher above and have turned it into a distributable Django app, [http://code.google.com/p/django-xmlrpc django_xmlrpc]. -- [mailto:graham.binns+django-xmlrpc@gmail.com Graham Binns]
     125
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