xmlrpclib_server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
from xmlrpclib import Binary
import datetime

server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(('localhost', 9000),
                            logRequests=True,
                            allow_none=True)
server.register_introspection_functions()
server.register_multicall_functions()


class ExampleService:

    def ping(self):
        """Simple function to respond when called
        to demonstrate connectivity.
        """
        return True

    def now(self):
        """Returns the server current date and time."""
        return datetime.datetime.now()

    def show_type(self, arg):
        """Illustrates how types are passed in and out of
        server methods.

        Accepts one argument of any type.
        Returns a tuple with string representation of the value,
        the name of the type, and the value itself.
        """
        return (str(arg), str(type(arg)), arg)

    def raises_exception(self, msg):
        "Always raises a RuntimeError with the message passed in"
        raise RuntimeError(msg)

    def send_back_binary(self, bin):
        """Accepts single Binary argument, and unpacks and
        repacks it to return it."""
        data = bin.data
        response = Binary(data)
        return response

server.register_instance(ExampleService())

try:
    print 'Use Control-C to exit'
    server.serve_forever()
except KeyboardInterrupt:
    print 'Exiting'