[Distutils] PyPI XMLRPC interface no longer works with Python 2.6

[Donald Stufft]

Uh what? HTTPS works fine on my copy of 2.6? If I recall this problem
only happens if you use http:// on 2.6.

On Jul 8, 2014, at 11:13 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:

> On 08.07.2014 17:09, Donald Stufft wrote:
>> You’re using http:// rather than https:// yea?
> 
> Yes. xmlrpclib in Python 2.6 doesn't understand HTTPS. Support for
> it was added in Python 2.7.
> 
>> On Jul 8, 2014, at 10:49 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I opened an issue for this:
>>> https://bitbucket.org/pypa/pypi/issue/157/pypi-xmlrpc-interface-no-longer-works-with
>>> 
>>> On 08.07.2014 16:32, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
>>>> I just tried the documented interfaces for PyPI
>>>> (https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyPIXmlRpc) with Python 2.6 and
>>>> it fails with an error:
>>>> 
>>>>> python pypirpc.py
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> File "pypirpc.py", line 7, in <module>
>>>>   pprint.pprint(client.package_releases('egenix-web-installer-test'))
>>>> File "/usr/local/python-2.6-ucs2/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1199, in __call__
>>>>   return self.__send(self.__name, args)
>>>> File "/usr/local/python-2.6-ucs2/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1489, in __request
>>>>   verbose=self.__verbose
>>>> File "/usr/local/python-2.6-ucs2/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1253, in request
>>>>   return self._parse_response(h.getfile(), sock)
>>>> File "/usr/local/python-2.6-ucs2/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 1390, in _parse_response
>>>>   p.close()
>>>> File "/usr/local/python-2.6-ucs2/lib/python2.6/xmlrpclib.py", line 604, in close
>>>>   self._parser.Parse("", 1) # end of data
>>>> xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: no element found: line 1, column 0
>>>> 
>>>> The call works with Python 2.7. It appears that xmlrpclib
>>>> is not receiving any body data from the server.
>>>> 
>>>> The returned data in 2.7 looks completely harmless:
>>>> 
>>>> send: "POST /pypi HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: pypi.python.org\r\nAccept-Encoding: gzip\r\nUser-Agent:
>>>> xmlrpclib.py/1.0.1 (by www.pythonware.com)\r\nContent-Type: text/xml\r\nContent-Length:
>>>> 185\r\n\r\n<?xml
>>>> version='1.0'?>\n<methodCall>\n<methodName>package_releases</methodName>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><string>egenix-web-installer-test</string></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodCall>\n"
>>>> reply: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n'
>>>> header: Server: nginx/1.6.0
>>>> header: Content-Type: text/xml
>>>> header: charset: UTF-8
>>>> header: Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains
>>>> header: Transfer-Encoding: chunked
>>>> header: Accept-Ranges: bytes
>>>> header: Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 14:19:41 GMT
>>>> header: Via: 1.1 varnish
>>>> header: Connection: keep-alive
>>>> header: X-Served-By: cache-fra1229-FRA
>>>> header: X-Cache: MISS
>>>> header: X-Cache-Hits: 0
>>>> header: X-Timer: S1404829181.210045,VS0,VE325
>>>> body: "<?xml
>>>> version='1.0'?>\n<methodResponse>\n<params>\n<param>\n<value><array><data>\n<value><string>0.2.0</string></value>\n</data></array></value>\n</param>\n</params>\n</methodResponse>\n"
>>>> 
>>>> Could this be a network error rather than a program one ?
>>>> 
>>>> The code in 2.7 does a retry in case of a connection reset or abort,
>>>> which code in 2.6 and earlier does not apply.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> -- 
>>> Marc-Andre Lemburg
>>> eGenix.com
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>> 
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>> Donald Stufft
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>> 
> 
> -- 
> Marc-Andre Lemburg
> eGenix.com
> 
> Professional Python Services directly from the Source  (#1, Jul 08 2014)
>>>> Python Projects, Consulting and Support ...   http://www.egenix.com/
>>>> mxODBC.Zope/Plone.Database.Adapter ...       http://zope.egenix.com/
>>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ...        http://python.egenix.com/
> ________________________________________________________________________
> 2014-07-21: EuroPython 2014, Berlin, Germany ...           13 days to go
> 
> ::::: Try our mxODBC.Connect Python Database Interface for free ! ::::::
> 
>   eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH  Pastor-Loeh-Str.48
>    D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg
>           Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611
>               http://www.egenix.com/company/contact/


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