xmlrpc for python

使用python处理xmlrpc太简单了，又一次感受到了python的力量！
下面以使用python调用wordpress提供的xmlrpc方法为例简单介绍一下：

1） how to call xmlrpc method in python
>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> from pprint import pprint
>>> server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://localhost/wordpress/xmlrpc.php")
>>> pprint(server.system.listMethods() )

['system.multicall',
 'system.listMethods',
 'system.getCapabilities',
 'demo.addTwoNumbers',
 'demo.sayHello',
 'pingback.extensions.getPingbacks',
 'pingback.ping',
 'mt.publishPost'......]

>>> blogs = server.metaWeblog.getRecentPosts('','admin','passwd',5)
>>> pprint(blogs)
>>> print(blogs[2]['permaLink'])

http://localhost/wordpress/?p=135

2）how to setup a xmlrpc server in python

import calendar, SimpleXMLRPCServer
#The server object
class Calendar:
    def getMonth(self, year, month):
        return calendar.month(year, month)

    def getYear(self, year):
        return calendar.calendar(year)
calendar_object = Calendar()
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer.SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8888))
server.register_instance(calendar_object)
#Go into the main listener loop
print "Listening on port 8888"
server.serve_forever()

3）write a client to test server above
import xmlrpclib
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://localhost:8888")
month = server.getMonth( 2002, 8 )
print month

     August 2002
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
                 1    2    3   4
 5   6   7   8    9   10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31

PS:
pprint means pretty print. A cool tool too.

Reference:
1 http://docs.python.org/lib/module-xmlrpclib.html
2 http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/library/ws-pyth10.html
3 http://groovy.codehaus.org/XMLRPC