cpython/Lib/xmlrpclib.py

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#
# XML-RPC CLIENT LIBRARY
# $Id$
#
# History:
# 1999-01-14 fl Created
# 1999-01-15 fl Changed dateTime to use localtime
# 1999-01-16 fl Added Binary/base64 element, default to RPC2 service
# 1999-01-19 fl Fixed array data element (from Skip Montanaro)
# 1999-01-21 fl Fixed dateTime constructor, etc.
# 1999-02-02 fl Added fault handling, handle empty sequences, etc.
# 1999-02-10 fl Fixed problem with empty responses (from Skip Montanaro)
# 1999-06-20 fl Speed improvements, pluggable parsers/transports (0.9.8)
# 2000-11-28 fl Changed boolean to check the truth value of its argument
# 2001-02-24 fl Added encoding/Unicode/SafeTransport patches
# 2001-02-26 fl Added compare support to wrappers (0.9.9/1.0b1)
# 2001-03-28 fl Make sure response tuple is a singleton
# 2001-03-29 fl Don't require empty params element (from Nicholas Riley)
# 2001-06-10 fl Folded in _xmlrpclib accelerator support (1.0b2)
# 2001-08-20 fl Base xmlrpclib.Error on built-in Exception (from Paul Prescod)
#
# Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Secret Labs AB.
# Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Fredrik Lundh.
#
# info@pythonware.com
# http://www.pythonware.com
#
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# The XML-RPC client interface is
#
# Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Secret Labs AB
# Copyright (c) 1999-2001 by Fredrik Lundh
#
# By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its
# associated documentation, you agree that you have read, understood,
# and will comply with the following terms and conditions:
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and
# its associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is
# hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in
# all copies, and that both that copyright notice and this permission
# notice appear in supporting documentation, and that the name of
# Secret Labs AB or the author not be used in advertising or publicity
# pertaining to distribution of the software without specific, written
# prior permission.
#
# SECRET LABS AB AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD
# TO THIS SOFTWARE, INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-
# ABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL SECRET LABS AB OR THE AUTHOR
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY
# DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
# WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS
# ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
# OF THIS SOFTWARE.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# things to look into before 1.0 final:
# TODO: unicode marshalling -DONE
# TODO: ascii-compatible encoding support -DONE
# TODO: safe transport -DONE (but mostly untested)
# TODO: sgmlop memory leak -DONE
# TODO: sgmlop xml parsing -DONE
# TODO: support unicode method names -DONE
# TODO: update selftest -DONE
# TODO: add docstrings -DONE
# TODO: clean up parser encoding (trust the parser) -DONE
# TODO: expat support -DONE
# TODO: _xmlrpclib accelerator support -DONE
# TODO: use smarter/faster escape from effdom
# TODO: support basic authentication (see robin's patch)
# TODO: fix host tuple handling in the server constructor
# TODO: let transport verify schemes
# TODO: update documentation
# TODO: authentication plugins
# TODO: memo problem (see HP's mail)
"""
An XML-RPC client interface for Python.
The marshalling and response parser code can also be used to
implement XML-RPC servers.
Notes:
This version is designed to work with Python 1.5.2 or newer.
Unicode encoding support requires at least Python 1.6.
Experimental HTTPS requires Python 2.0 built with SSL sockets.
Expat parser support requires Python 2.0 with pyexpat support.
Exported exceptions:
Error Base class for client errors
ProtocolError Indicates an HTTP protocol error
ResponseError Indicates a broken response package
Fault Indicates a XML-RPC fault package
Exported classes:
Boolean boolean wrapper to generate a "boolean" XML-RPC value
DateTime dateTime wrapper for an ISO 8601 string or time tuple or
localtime integer value to generate a "dateTime.iso8601"
XML-RPC value
Binary binary data wrapper
SlowParser Slow but safe standard parser
Marshaller Generate an XML-RPC params chunk from a Python data structure
Unmarshaller Unmarshal an XML-RPC response from incoming XML event message
Transport Handles an HTTP transaction to an XML-RPC server
SafeTransport Handles an HTTPS transaction to an XML-RPC server
ServerProxy Connect to a server through a proxy
Server Same as ServerProxy
Exported constants:
True
False
Exported functions:
boolean Convert any Python value to an XML-RPC boolean
datetime Convert value to an XML-RPC datetime
binary Convert value to an XML-RPC binary value
getparser Create instance of the fastest available parser & attach
to an unmarshalling object
dumps Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
loads Convert an XML-RPC packet to unmarshalled data plus a method
name (None if not present).
"""
import re, string, time, operator
import urllib, xmllib
from types import *
from cgi import escape
try:
unicode
except NameError:
unicode = None # unicode support not available
def _decode(data, encoding, is8bit=re.compile("[\x80-\xff]").search):
# decode non-ascii string (if possible)
if unicode and encoding and is8bit(data):
data = unicode(data, encoding)
return data
if unicode:
def _stringify(string):
# convert to 7-bit ascii if possible
try:
return str(string)
except UnicodeError:
return string
else:
def _stringify(string):
return string
__version__ = "1.0b3"
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Exceptions
class Error(Exception):
"""Base class for client errors."""
pass
class ProtocolError(Error):
"""Indicates an HTTP protocol error."""
def __init__(self, url, errcode, errmsg, headers):
self.url = url
self.errcode = errcode
self.errmsg = errmsg
self.headers = headers
def __repr__(self):
return (
"<ProtocolError for %s: %s %s>" %
(self.url, self.errcode, self.errmsg)
)
class ResponseError(Error):
"""Indicates a broken response package"""
pass
class Fault(Error):
"""indicates a XML-RPC fault package"""
def __init__(self, faultCode, faultString, **extra):
self.faultCode = faultCode
self.faultString = faultString
def __repr__(self):
return (
"<Fault %s: %s>" %
(self.faultCode, repr(self.faultString))
)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# Special values
class Boolean:
"""Boolean-value wrapper.
Use True or False to generate a "boolean" XML-RPC value.
"""
def __init__(self, value = 0):
self.value = operator.truth(value)
def encode(self, out):
out.write("<value><boolean>%d</boolean></value>\n" % self.value)
def __cmp__(self, other):
if isinstance(other, Boolean):
other = other.value
return cmp(self.value, other)
def __repr__(self):
if self.value:
return "<Boolean True at %x>" % id(self)
else:
return "<Boolean False at %x>" % id(self)
def __int__(self):
return self.value
def __nonzero__(self):
return self.value
True, False = Boolean(1), Boolean(0)
def boolean(value, truefalse=(False, True)):
"""Convert any Python value to XML-RPC boolean."""
return truefalse[operator.truth(value)]
#
# dateTime wrapper
# wrap your iso8601 string or time tuple or localtime integer value
# in this class to generate a "dateTime.iso8601" XML-RPC value
class DateTime:
"""DataTime wrapper for an ISO 8601 string or time tuple or
localtime integer value to generate a 'dateTime.iso8601' XML-RPC
value."""
def __init__(self, value=0):
if not isinstance(value, StringType):
if not isinstance(value, TupleType):
if value == 0:
value = time.time()
value = time.localtime(value)
value = time.strftime("%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S", value)
self.value = value
def __cmp__(self, other):
if isinstance(other, DateTime):
other = other.value
return cmp(self.value, other)
def __repr__(self):
return "<DateTime %s at %x>" % (self.value, id(self))
def decode(self, data):
self.value = string.strip(data)
def encode(self, out):
out.write("<value><dateTime.iso8601>")
out.write(self.value)
out.write("</dateTime.iso8601></value>\n")
def datetime(data):
value = DateTime()
value.decode(data)
return value
class Binary:
"""Wrapper for binary data."""
def __init__(self, data=None):
self.data = data
def __cmp__(self, other):
if isinstance(other, Binary):
other = other.data
return cmp(self.data, other)
def decode(self, data):
import base64
self.data = base64.decodestring(data)
def encode(self, out):
import base64, StringIO
out.write("<value><base64>\n")
base64.encode(StringIO.StringIO(self.data), out)
out.write("</base64></value>\n")
def binary(data):
value = Binary()
value.decode(data)
return value
WRAPPERS = DateTime, Binary, Boolean
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# XML parsers
try:
# optional xmlrpclib accelerator. for more information on this
# component, contact info@pythonware.com
import _xmlrpclib
FastParser = _xmlrpclib.Parser
FastUnmarshaller = _xmlrpclib.Unmarshaller
except (AttributeError, ImportError):
FastParser = FastUnmarshaller = None
#
# the SGMLOP parser is about 15x faster than Python's builtin
# XML parser. SGMLOP sources can be downloaded from:
#
# http://www.pythonware.com/products/xml/sgmlop.htm
#
try:
import sgmlop
if not hasattr(sgmlop, "XMLParser"):
raise ImportError
except ImportError:
SgmlopParser = None # sgmlop accelerator not available
else:
class SgmlopParser:
def __init__(self, target):
# setup callbacks
self.finish_starttag = target.start
self.finish_endtag = target.end
self.handle_data = target.data
self.handle_xml = target.xml
# activate parser
self.parser = sgmlop.XMLParser()
self.parser.register(self)
self.feed = self.parser.feed
self.entity = {
"amp": "&", "gt": ">", "lt": "<",
"apos": "'", "quot": '"'
}
def close(self):
try:
self.parser.close()
finally:
self.parser = self.feed = None # nuke circular reference
def handle_proc(self, tag, attr):
m = re.search("encoding\s*=\s*['\"]([^\"']+)[\"']", attr)
if m:
self.handle_xml(m.group(1), 1)
def handle_entityref(self, entity):
# <string> entity
try:
self.handle_data(self.entity[entity])
except KeyError:
self.handle_data("&%s;" % entity)
try:
from xml.parsers import expat
except ImportError:
ExpatParser = None
else:
class ExpatParser:
# fast expat parser for Python 2.0. this is about 50%
# slower than sgmlop, on roundtrip testing
def __init__(self, target):
self._parser = parser = expat.ParserCreate(None, None)
self._target = target
parser.StartElementHandler = target.start
parser.EndElementHandler = target.end
parser.CharacterDataHandler = target.data
encoding = None
if not parser.returns_unicode:
encoding = "utf-8"
target.xml(encoding, None)
def feed(self, data):
self._parser.Parse(data, 0)
def close(self):
self._parser.Parse("", 1) # end of data
del self._target, self._parser # get rid of circular references
class SlowParser(xmllib.XMLParser):
"""XML parser using xmllib.XMLParser.
This is about 10 times slower than sgmlop on roundtrip testing.
"""
def __init__(self, target):
self.handle_xml = target.xml
self.unknown_starttag = target.start
self.handle_data = target.data
self.unknown_endtag = target.end
xmllib.XMLParser.__init__(self)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# XML-RPC marshalling and unmarshalling code
class Marshaller:
"""Generate an XML-RPC params chunk from a Python data structure.
Create a marshaller instance for each set of parameters, and use
"dumps" method to convert your data (represented as a tuple) to a
XML-RPC params chunk. to write a fault response, pass a Fault
instance instead. You may prefer to use the "dumps" convenience
function for this purpose (see below).
"""
# by the way, if you don't understand what's going on in here,
# that's perfectly ok.
def __init__(self, encoding=None):
self.memo = {}
self.data = None
self.encoding = encoding
dispatch = {}
def dumps(self, values):
self.__out = []
self.write = write = self.__out.append
if isinstance(values, Fault):
# fault instance
write("<fault>\n")
self.__dump(vars(values))
write("</fault>\n")
else:
# parameter block
# FIXME: the xml-rpc specification allows us to leave out
# the entire <params> block if there are no parameters.
# however, changing this may break older code (including
# old versions of xmlrpclib.py), so this is better left as
# is for now. See @XMLRPC3 for more information. /F
write("<params>\n")
for v in values:
write("<param>\n")
self.__dump(v)
write("</param>\n")
write("</params>\n")
result = string.join(self.__out, "")
del self.__out, self.write # don't need this any more
return result
def __dump(self, value):
try:
f = self.dispatch[type(value)]
except KeyError:
raise TypeError, "cannot marshal %s objects" % type(value)
else:
f(self, value)
def dump_int(self, value):
self.write("<value><int>%s</int></value>\n" % value)
dispatch[IntType] = dump_int
def dump_double(self, value):
self.write("<value><double>%s</double></value>\n" % value)
dispatch[FloatType] = dump_double
def dump_string(self, value):
self.write("<value><string>%s</string></value>\n" % escape(value))
dispatch[StringType] = dump_string
if unicode:
def dump_unicode(self, value):
value = value.encode(self.encoding)
self.write("<value><string>%s</string></value>\n" % escape(value))
dispatch[UnicodeType] = dump_unicode
def container(self, value):
if value:
i = id(value)
if self.memo.has_key(i):
raise TypeError, "cannot marshal recursive data structures"
self.memo[i] = None
def dump_array(self, value):
self.container(value)
write = self.write
write("<value><array><data>\n")
for v in value:
self.__dump(v)
write("</data></array></value>\n")
dispatch[TupleType] = dump_array
dispatch[ListType] = dump_array
def dump_struct(self, value):
self.container(value)
write = self.write
write("<value><struct>\n")
for k, v in value.items():
write("<member>\n")
if type(k) is not StringType:
raise TypeError, "dictionary key must be string"
write("<name>%s</name>\n" % escape(k))
self.__dump(v)
write("</member>\n")
write("</struct></value>\n")
dispatch[DictType] = dump_struct
def dump_instance(self, value):
# check for special wrappers
if value.__class__ in WRAPPERS:
value.encode(self)
else:
# store instance attributes as a struct (really?)
self.dump_struct(value.__dict__)
dispatch[InstanceType] = dump_instance
class Unmarshaller:
"""Unmarshal an XML-RPC response, based on incoming XML event
messages (start, data, end). Call close() to get the resulting
data structure.
Note that this reader is fairly tolerant, and gladly accepts
bogus XML-RPC data without complaining (but not bogus XML).
"""
# and again, if you don't understand what's going on in here,
# that's perfectly ok.
def __init__(self):
self._type = None
self._stack = []
self._marks = []
self._data = []
self._methodname = None
self._encoding = "utf-8"
self.append = self._stack.append
def close(self):
# return response tuple and target method
if self._type is None or self._marks:
raise ResponseError()
if self._type == "fault":
raise apply(Fault, (), self._stack[0])
return tuple(self._stack)
def getmethodname(self):
return self._methodname
#
# event handlers
def xml(self, encoding, standalone):
self._encoding = encoding
# FIXME: assert standalone == 1 ???
def start(self, tag, attrs):
# prepare to handle this element
if tag == "array" or tag == "struct":
self._marks.append(len(self._stack))
self._data = []
self._value = (tag == "value")
def data(self, text):
self._data.append(text)
def end(self, tag):
# call the appropriate end tag handler
try:
f = self.dispatch[tag]
except KeyError:
pass # unknown tag ?
else:
return f(self, self._data)
#
# accelerator support
def end_dispatch(self, tag, data):
# dispatch data
try:
f = self.dispatch[tag]
except KeyError:
pass # unknown tag ?
else:
return f(self, data)
#
# element decoders
dispatch = {}
def end_boolean(self, data, join=string.join):
data = join(data, "")
if data == "0":
self.append(False)
elif data == "1":
self.append(True)
else:
raise TypeError, "bad boolean value"
self._value = 0
dispatch["boolean"] = end_boolean
def end_int(self, data, join=string.join):
self.append(int(join(data, "")))
self._value = 0
dispatch["i4"] = end_int
dispatch["int"] = end_int
def end_double(self, data, join=string.join):
self.append(float(join(data, "")))
self._value = 0
dispatch["double"] = end_double
def end_string(self, data, join=string.join):
data = join(data, "")
if self._encoding:
data = _decode(data, self._encoding)
self.append(_stringify(data))
self._value = 0
dispatch["string"] = end_string
dispatch["name"] = end_string # struct keys are always strings
def end_array(self, data):
mark = self._marks[-1]
del self._marks[-1]
# map arrays to Python lists
self._stack[mark:] = [self._stack[mark:]]
self._value = 0
dispatch["array"] = end_array
def end_struct(self, data):
mark = self._marks[-1]
del self._marks[-1]
# map structs to Python dictionaries
dict = {}
items = self._stack[mark:]
for i in range(0, len(items), 2):
dict[_stringify(items[i])] = items[i+1]
self._stack[mark:] = [dict]
self._value = 0
dispatch["struct"] = end_struct
def end_base64(self, data, join=string.join):
value = Binary()
value.decode(join(data, ""))
self.append(value)
self._value = 0
dispatch["base64"] = end_base64
def end_dateTime(self, data, join=string.join):
value = DateTime()
value.decode(join(data, ""))
self.append(value)
dispatch["dateTime.iso8601"] = end_dateTime
def end_value(self, data):
# if we stumble upon an value element with no internal
# elements, treat it as a string element
if self._value:
self.end_string(data)
dispatch["value"] = end_value
def end_params(self, data):
self._type = "params"
dispatch["params"] = end_params
def end_fault(self, data):
self._type = "fault"
dispatch["fault"] = end_fault
def end_methodName(self, data, join=string.join):
data = join(data, "")
if self._encoding:
data = _decode(data, self._encoding)
self._methodname = data
self._type = "methodName" # no params
dispatch["methodName"] = end_methodName
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# convenience functions
def getparser():
"""getparser() -> parser, unmarshaller
Create an instance of the fastest available parser, and attach
it to an unmarshalling object. Return both objects.
"""
if FastParser and FastUnmarshaller:
target = FastUnmarshaller(True, False, binary, datetime)
parser = FastParser(target)
else:
target = Unmarshaller()
if FastParser:
parser = FastParser(target)
elif SgmlopParser:
parser = SgmlopParser(target)
elif ExpatParser:
parser = ExpatParser(target)
else:
parser = SlowParser(target)
return parser, target
def dumps(params, methodname=None, methodresponse=None, encoding=None):
"""data [,options] -> marshalled data
Convert an argument tuple or a Fault instance to an XML-RPC
request (or response, if the methodresponse option is used).
In addition to the data object, the following options can be
given as keyword arguments:
methodname: the method name for a methodCall packet
methodresponse: true to create a methodResponse packet.
If this option is used with a tuple, the tuple must be
a singleton (i.e. it can contain only one element).
encoding: the packet encoding (default is UTF-8)
All 8-bit strings in the data structure are assumed to use the
packet encoding. Unicode strings are automatically converted,
as necessary.
"""
assert isinstance(params, TupleType) or isinstance(params, Fault),\
"argument must be tuple or Fault instance"
if isinstance(params, Fault):
methodresponse = 1
elif methodresponse and isinstance(params, TupleType):
assert len(params) == 1, "response tuple must be a singleton"
if not encoding:
encoding = "utf-8"
m = Marshaller(encoding)
data = m.dumps(params)
if encoding != "utf-8":
xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding=%s?>\n" % repr(encoding)
else:
xmlheader = "<?xml version='1.0'?>\n" # utf-8 is default
# standard XML-RPC wrappings
if methodname:
# a method call
if not isinstance(methodname, StringType):
methodname = methodname.encode(encoding)
data = (
xmlheader,
"<methodCall>\n"
"<methodName>", methodname, "</methodName>\n",
data,
"</methodCall>\n"
)
elif methodresponse:
# a method response, or a fault structure
data = (
xmlheader,
"<methodResponse>\n",
data,
"</methodResponse>\n"
)
else:
return data # return as is
return string.join(data, "")
def loads(data):
"""data -> unmarshalled data, method name
Convert an XML-RPC packet to unmarshalled data plus a method
name (None if not present).
If the XML-RPC packet represents a fault condition, this function
raises a Fault exception.
"""
p, u = getparser()
p.feed(data)
p.close()
return u.close(), u.getmethodname()
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# request dispatcher
class _Method:
# some magic to bind an XML-RPC method to an RPC server.
# supports "nested" methods (e.g. examples.getStateName)
def __init__(self, send, name):
self.__send = send
self.__name = name
def __getattr__(self, name):
return _Method(self.__send, "%s.%s" % (self.__name, name))
def __call__(self, *args):
return self.__send(self.__name, args)
class Transport:
"""Handles an HTTP transaction to an XML-RPC server"""
# client identifier (may be overridden)
user_agent = "xmlrpclib.py/%s (by www.pythonware.com)" % __version__
def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=0):
# issue XML-RPC request
h = self.make_connection(host)
if verbose:
h.set_debuglevel(1)
self.send_request(h, handler, request_body)
self.send_host(h, host)
self.send_user_agent(h)
self.send_content(h, request_body)
errcode, errmsg, headers = h.getreply()
if errcode != 200:
raise ProtocolError(
host + handler,
errcode, errmsg,
headers
)
self.verbose = verbose
return self.parse_response(h.getfile())
def make_connection(self, host):
# create a HTTP connection object from a host descriptor
import httplib
return httplib.HTTP(host)
def send_request(self, connection, handler, request_body):
connection.putrequest("POST", handler)
def send_host(self, connection, host):
connection.putheader("Host", host)
def send_user_agent(self, connection):
connection.putheader("User-Agent", self.user_agent)
def send_content(self, connection, request_body):
connection.putheader("Content-Type", "text/xml")
connection.putheader("Content-Length", str(len(request_body)))
connection.endheaders()
if request_body:
connection.send(request_body)
def parse_response(self, f):
# read response from input file, and parse it
p, u = getparser()
while 1:
response = f.read(1024)
if not response:
break
if self.verbose:
print "body:", repr(response)
p.feed(response)
f.close()
p.close()
return u.close()
class SafeTransport(Transport):
"""Handles an HTTPS transaction to an XML-RPC server"""
def make_connection(self, host):
# create a HTTPS connection object from a host descriptor
# host may be a string, or a (host, x509-dict) tuple
import httplib
if isinstance(host, TupleType):
host, x509 = host
else:
x509 = {}
try:
HTTPS = httplib.HTTPS
except AttributeError:
raise NotImplementedError,\
"your version of httplib doesn't support HTTPS"
else:
return apply(HTTPS, (host, None), x509)
def send_host(self, connection, host):
if isinstance(host, TupleType):
host, x509 = host
connection.putheader("Host", host)
class ServerProxy:
"""uri [,options] -> a logical connection to an XML-RPC server
uri is the connection point on the server, given as
scheme://host/target.
The standard implementation always supports the "http" scheme. If
SSL socket support is available (Python 2.0), it also supports
"https".
If the target part and the slash preceding it are both omitted,
"/RPC2" is assumed.
The following options can be given as keyword arguments:
transport: a transport factory
encoding: the request encoding (default is UTF-8)
All 8-bit strings passed to the server proxy are assumed to use
the given encoding.
"""
def __init__(self, uri, transport=None, encoding=None, verbose=0):
# establish a "logical" server connection
# get the url
type, uri = urllib.splittype(uri)
if type not in ("http", "https"):
raise IOError, "unsupported XML-RPC protocol"
self.__host, self.__handler = urllib.splithost(uri)
if not self.__handler:
self.__handler = "/RPC2"
if transport is None:
if type == "https":
transport = SafeTransport()
else:
transport = Transport()
self.__transport = transport
self.__encoding = encoding
self.__verbose = verbose
def __request(self, methodname, params):
# call a method on the remote server
request = dumps(params, methodname, encoding=self.__encoding)
response = self.__transport.request(
self.__host,
self.__handler,
request,
verbose=self.__verbose
)
if len(response) == 1:
response = response[0]
return response
def __repr__(self):
return (
"<ServerProxy for %s%s>" %
(self.__host, self.__handler)
)
__str__ = __repr__
def __getattr__(self, name):
# magic method dispatcher
return _Method(self.__request, name)
# note: to call a remote object with an non-standard name, use
# result getattr(server, "strange-python-name")(args)
# compatibility
Server = ServerProxy
# --------------------------------------------------------------------
# test code
if __name__ == "__main__":
# simple test program (from the XML-RPC specification)
# server = ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000") # local server
server = ServerProxy("http://betty.userland.com")
print server
try:
print server.examples.getStateName(41)
except Error, v:
print "ERROR", v