xml-rpc

Apache XML-RPC Exception Handling

What is the easiest way to extract the original exception from an exception returned via Apache's implementation of XML-RPC? ...

Using XmlRpc in C++ and Windows

I need to use XmlRpc in C++ on a Windows platform. Despite the fact that my friends assure me that XmlRpc is a "widely available standard technology", there are not many libraries available for it. In fact I only found one library to do this on Windows, (plus another one that claims "you'll have to do a lot of work to get this to compi...

What's the difference between XML-RPC and SOAP?

I've never really understand why a web service implementer would choose one over the other. Is XML-RPC generally found in older systems? Any help in understanding this would be greatly appreciated. ...

Which is the best .Net XML-RPC library?

I need to communicate with an XML-RPC server from a .NET 2.0 client. Can you recommend any libraries? EDIT: Having tried XML-RPC.Net, I like the way it generates dynamic proxies, it is very neat. Unfortunately, as always, things are not so simple. I am accessing an XML-RPC service which uses the unorthodox technique of having object nam...

WordPress XMLRPC: Expat reports error code 5

I wrote a small PHP application several months ago that uses the WordPress XMLRPC library to synchronize two separate WordPress blogs. I have a general "RPCRequest" function that packages the request, sends it, and returns the server response, and I have several more specific functions that customize the type of request that is sent. I...

Performance of SOAP vs. XML-RPC or REST

The arguments about the simplicity of solutions using XML-RPC or REST are easy to understand and hard to argue with. I have often also heard arguments that the increased overhead of SOAP may significantly impact used bandwidth and possibly even latency. I would like to see the results of a test that quantifies the impact. Any one know...

XML-RPC: best way to handle 64-bit values?

So the official XML-RPC standard doesn't support 64-bit values. But in these modern times, 64-bit values are increasingly common. How do you handle these? What XML-RPC extensions are the most common? What language bindings are there? I'm especially interested in Python and C++, but all information is appreciated. ...

Weather web service for Europe?

We are looking for a reliable "current weather" web service for Europe, with city resolution. We only need the current weather. Since it is for a commercial web site, we don't mind paying a reasonable fee for the service. What are our options? What service would you recommend or avoid based on previous experience? Note: SOAP Web Serv...

What webservices do you use regularly and which do you wish were available?

I know that the USPS provides an handy XML over HTTP webservice for address information. What other webservices do you know of and use? What webservices do you wish you could access but can't find? ...

Any quirks I should be aware of in Drupal's XML-RPC and BlogAPI implementations?

I'm beginning work on a project that will access a Drupal site to create (and eventually edit) nodes on the site, via the XML-RPC facility and BlogAPI module shipped with Drupal. This includes file uploading, as the project is to allow people to upload pictures en mass to a Drupal site with minimal ado. What I'd like to know is if there...

Transferring extended ascii characters with unknown encoding to a Twisted XMLRPC from C#

Basically I want to pass a string which contains Spanish text that could be in one of several encodings (Latin-1, CP-1252, or UTF-8 to name a few). Once it gets to the XMLRPC I can detect the encoding, but I won't know it before then. C#, by default seems to be killing any characters outside of ASCII. I've gotten around the problem by...

Does iPhone support XML-RPC?

Does iPhone support XML-RPC, Is their any open source framework which I can use? Thanks in advance. ...

What authentication to pick for the cross-platform WCF service?

What type of authentication would you suggest for the service that is: implemented as WCF and exposed via varios enpoints (including XML-RPC) has to be consumed easily by various cross-platform clients Why? Options that I'm aware of are: Forms-based authentication for IIS-hosted WCF (easy to implement, but has horrible cross-platf...

Non-interactive authentication/authorization for XML-RPC?

We don't exactly comply with the XML-RPC spec, but the concepts are nearly identical. A client comes in over HTTP/HTTPS with an XML payload. We respond with an XML payload answering the request. This is primarily machine to machine, so no human to type a username/password. Our construct runs within apache tomcat. We would like to au...

How to base64 encode a PDF file in Python

How should I base64 encode a PDF file for transport over XML-RPC in Python? ...

Best way to use XML-RPC in Cocoa application?

Hi, I wanted to write a GUI-wrapper for an application which uses XML-RPC and wondered if there are any XML-RPC frameworks available for Cocoa and if so what's the best? Thanks in advance ...

XML-RPC library for C++

What libraries are available for writing xml-rpc clients in native C++ or C? ...

Converting XML-RPC to JSON in JavaScript

Can anyone recommend a lightweight JavaScript XML-RPC library? After researching this a while ago, I couldn't find anything I was comfortable with, so I kinda ended up writing my own. However, maybe that was stupid, as there must be something suitable out there!? My own pseudo-library is mainly missing a way to turn an XML-RPC response...

RemoteObject - Cross Domain Issue

I am trying to get data from my server, used RemoteObject to accomplish it. When I run the application on my localhost it works great but when iam using it on my server i get a Channel.Security.Error(Security Error accessing URL). On the server side logs there is a mention about cross domain . 77.127.194.4 - - [23/Oct/2008 21:15:11] "GE...

How should I treat strings of digits in XML::RPC and Drupal?

I am trying to use an XML-RPC server on my Drupal (PHP) backend to make it easier for my Perl backend to talk to it. However, I've run into an issue and I'm not sure which parts, if any, are bugs. Essentially, some of the variables I need to pass to Drupal are strings that sometimes are strings full of numbers and the Drupal XML-RPC se...