- From: Ken MacLeod <ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us>
- Date: 09 Jan 2001 08:51:13 -0600
- To: <xml-dist-app@w3.org>
"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@pythonware.com> writes:
> > To make an XML Server request through SOAP or similar mechanisms
> > I have to create an XML DOM, populate it, send it through a dedicated pipe
> > function, while sending an HTTP request with query string parameters can be
> > done through a generic POST or QS method call.
>
> footnote: depends on the interface, of course. here's a
> complete XML-RPC request in Python:
>
> import xmlrpclib
> betty = xmlrpclib.Server("http://betty.userland.com")
> print betty.examples.getStateName(41)
>
> to make a SOAP request, just replace "xmlrpc" with "soap".
> doing the same thing via HTTP requires far more work,
> even in Python...
footnote #2: depends on the interface, of course. here's a possible
URI-Space request in Python:
import urispace
channel = urispace.get("http://monkeyfist.com/rss1.php3")
print channel.title
> (I'm pretty sure it can be made as easy in any modern language
> with decent reflection support)
Natch ;-)
-- Ken
Received on Tuesday, 9 January 2001 09:51:24 UTC