SimpleXMLRPCServer help

[Brian Quinlan]

> help(SimpleXMLRPCServer) describe how to install an instance
> on the server:
> 
> 2. Install an instance:
> 
>     class MyFuncs:
>         def __init__(self):
>             # make all of the string functions available through
>             # string.func_name
>             import string
>             self.string = string
>         def pow(self, x, y): return pow(x, y)
>         def add(self, x, y) : return x + y
>     server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
>     server.register_instance(MyFuncs())
>     server.serve_forever()
> 
> BUT I cannot figure out the syntax to access it from a client point of
> view

In Python, you could call those functions like this:

from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy

s = ServerProxy('http://127.0.0.1:8000/')
s.pow(2,3)
s.add(2,3)
s.string.find('This is a test', 'test')

Cheers,
Brian