<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Using XML-RPC with Python</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.63 "><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="XML-RPC HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Using XML-RPC with Perl" HREF="xmlrpc-howto-perl.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Using XML-RPC with C and C++" HREF="xmlrpc-howto-c.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="section" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >XML-RPC HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="xmlrpc-howto-perl.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" ></TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="xmlrpc-howto-c.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H1 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="xmlrpc-howto-python" >7. Using XML-RPC with Python</A ></H1 ><P >Fredrik Lundh has provided an excellent <A HREF="http://www.pythonware.com/products/xmlrpc/" TARGET="_top" >XML-RPC library for Python</A >.</P ><P >To install, download the latest version. You can either stick the <TT CLASS="filename" >*.py</TT > files in the same directory as your Python code, or you can install them in your system's Python directory.</P ><P >RedHat 6.2 users can type the following:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" >bash$ mkdir xmlrpclib-0.9.8 bash$ cd xmlrpclib-0.9.8 bash$ unzip ../xmlrpc-0.9.8-990621.zip bash$ python python> import xmlrpclib python> import xmlrpcserver python> <B CLASS="keycap" >Control-D</B > bash$ su -c 'cp *.py *.pyc /usr/lib/python1.5/'</PRE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><P >We <TT CLASS="literal" >import</TT > two of the <TT CLASS="filename" >*.py</TT > files to trick Python into compiling them. Users of other platforms should consult their Python documentation.</P ><P >For more Python examples, see the article <A HREF="http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/python/2001/01/17/xmlrpcserver.html" TARGET="_top" >XML-RPC: It Works Both Ways</A > on the O'Reilly Network.</P ><DIV CLASS="section" ><H2 CLASS="section" ><A NAME="xmlrpc-howto-python-client" >7.1. A Python Client</A ></H2 ><P >The following program shows how to call an XML-RPC server from Python:</P ><TABLE BORDER="0" BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0" WIDTH="100%" ><TR ><TD ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" >import xmlrpclib # Create an object to represent our server. server_url = 'http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php'; server = xmlrpclib.Server(server_url); # Call the server and get our result. result = server.sample.sumAndDifference(5, 3) print "Sum:", result['sum'] print "Difference:", result['difference']</PRE ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="xmlrpc-howto-perl.html" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="xmlrpc-howto-c.html" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Using XML-RPC with Perl</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Using XML-RPC with C and C++</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >