#!/usr/bin/env python import errno import socket import sys import unittest from test import support import xmlrpc.client as xmlrpclib class CurrentTimeTest(unittest.TestCase): # XXX time.xmlrpc.com seems broken which is why this is disabled def Xtest_current_time(self): # Get the current time from xmlrpc.com. This code exercises # the minimal HTTP functionality in xmlrpclib. server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://time.xmlrpc.com/RPC2") try: t0 = server.currentTime.getCurrentTime() except socket.error as e: print(" test_current_time: skipping test, got error: %s" % e, file=sys.stderr) return # Perform a minimal sanity check on the result, just to be sure # the request means what we think it means. t1 = xmlrpclib.DateTime() dt0 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t0.value) dt1 = xmlrpclib._datetime_type(t1.value) if dt0 > dt1: delta = dt0 - dt1 else: delta = dt1 - dt0 # The difference between the system time here and the system # time on the server should not be too big. self.assert_(delta.days <= 1) def test_main(): support.requires("network") support.run_unittest(CurrentTimeTest) if __name__ == "__main__": test_main()