httplib HTTPConnection request problem

Hi,

I am having a problem with the httplib HTTPConnection object. While I
can easily send requests that don't have any payload (ie. "get"), I
encounter issues if I want to post xml data. If you look at the class
below, when req == 'getFreeBusyInfo' all functions perfectly, but when
req == 'conflictRequest' I run into problems of the nature "400 Bad
Request". As you will notice, I also tried the shorter HTTPConnection
instance method "request", feeding it a dictionary of the header
arguments and the xml payload, but that didn't fly either. With the
headers in this format, I get the error:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'iteritems' in line 737
of httplib.py

However, this dictionary format is exactly the same as what I found in
an example in the python documentation.

Class description and example of the xml payload are as follows:

class Connector:
def __init__(self, server):
self.server = 'http://'+server
#self.h1 = httplib.HTTPConnection('my.proxy.org', 3128)
self.h1 = httplib.HTTPConnection('xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 80)

def sendInfo(self, req, confDict, xml=None):
print xml
if req == 'getFreeBusyInfo':
self.h1.putrequest('GET',
self.server+"/servlet/webdav.freebusy?username="+confDict['users']+"&server=netline.de&start="+str(confDict['request_start'])+"&end="+str(confDict['request_end']))
self.h1.putheader('Accept-Language', 'de, en-us;q=0.2')
self.h1.putheader('Translate', 'f')
self.h1.putheader('User-Agent', 'SLOX HolidayInfo')
self.h1.putheader('Host', self.server)
self.h1.endheaders()
elif req == 'conflictRequest':
self.h1.putrequest("POST",
self.server+"/servlet/webdav.calendar/conflict.xml")
self.h1.putheader("Accept-Language", "de, en-us;q=0.2")
self.h1.putheader("Translate", "f")
self.h1.putheader("User-Agent", "SLOX HolidayInfo")
self.h1.putheader("Host", confDict['server'])
self.h1.putheader("Content-Length", str(len(xml)))
self.h1.putheader("Authorization", "Basic
"+str(confDict['base64Auth']))
self.h1.endheaders()
self.h1.send(xml)
#headers = {"Accept-Language": "de, en-us;q=0.2", "Translate": "f",
"User-Agent": "SLOX HolidayInfo", "Host": confDict['server'],
"Content-Length": str(len(xml)), "Authorization": "Basic
"+str(confDict['base64Auth'])}
#self.h1.request('POST',
self.server+"/servlet/webdav.calendar/conflict.xml", headers, xml)

def receiveInfo(self):
rec = self.h1.getresponse()
return rec

def closeConnection(self):
print 'Closing connection....'
self.h1.close()


The XML data looks something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><D:multistatus
xmlns:D="DAV:"><D:propertyupdate
xmlns:D="DAV"><D:set><D:prop><S:begins
xmlns:S="SLOX:">1081807200000</S:begins><S:ends
xmlns:S="SLOX:">1081979940000</S:ends><S:clientid
xmlns:S="SLOX:">HolidyInfoID</S:clientid><S:folderid
xmlns:S="SLOX:"></S:folderid><S:title xmlns:S="SLOX:">HolidayInfo
Conflict Request</S:title><S:appointment_request
xmlns:S="SLOX:">yes</S:appointment_request><S:members
xmlns:S="SLOX:"><S:member>xyzxyz</S:member></S:members></D:prop></D:set></D:propertyupdate></D:multistatus>

Incidentally, I set this same thing up using sockets and everything
worked perfectly. However, I need to now use with a proxy so that is
why I moved to the httplib module. I also tried the urllib2 module
but the only request data to be sent is
application/x-www-form-urlencoded and I need to send xml.

If someone can help me out here, I would certainly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Scum

re: httplib HTTPConnection request problem

First make sure that you urlencode the xml like the docs do:

params = urllib.urlencode({'xml': xml})

Make sure the key is something the server is expecting. Then make sure you call request properly:

self.h1.request('POST', self.server+"/servlet/webdav.calendar/conflict.xml",
params, headers)

Notice that params comes before headers.

Not tested but that looks like what your problem might be...

phda


On 31 Mar 2004 10:02:45 -0800
scummer@3squares.com (scummer) wrote:
[color=blue]
> #headers = {"Accept-Language": "de, en-us;q=0.2", "Translate": "f",
> "User-Agent": "SLOX HolidayInfo", "Host": confDict['server'],
> "Content-Length": str(len(xml)), "Authorization": "Basic
> "+str(confDict['base64Auth'])}
> #self.h1.request('POST',
> self.server+"/servlet/webdav.calendar/conflict.xml", headers, xml)[/color]

re: httplib HTTPConnection request problem

scummer wrote:[color=blue]
> Hi,
>
> I am having a problem with the httplib HTTPConnection object. While I
> can easily send requests that don't have any payload (ie. "get"), I
> encounter issues if I want to post xml data. If you look at the class
> below, when req == 'getFreeBusyInfo' all functions perfectly, but when
> req == 'conflictRequest' I run into problems of the nature "400 Bad
> Request". As you will notice, I also tried the shorter HTTPConnection
> instance method "request", feeding it a dictionary of the header
> arguments and the xml payload, but that didn't fly either. With the
> headers in this format, I get the error:[/color]

dunno what's wrong with your code, but i recently used HTTPConnection
to transfer an XML payload to an apache + webware setup. the code below
actually works:

# --- BEGIN ---

from httplib import HTTPConnection

atomMIME = 'application/x.atom+xml'
conn = HTTPConnection('locahost', 80)

print '--------------------------------'
print 'Create a new entry'
print '--------------------------------'

headers = {'Content-Type': atomMIME}
postData = '''
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<entry xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#">
<title>A post</title>
<created>2003-08-12T23:53:03Z</created>
<summary>An automated post</summary>
<content type="text/html" mode="escaped">This is a test</content>
</entry>
'''.strip()

conn.request('POST','/reflex/atom/AtomHandler', postData, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
assert res.status == 201 # created?

print res.status, res.reason

entryURI = res.msg['location']
print "location:", entryURI

print '*** PASSED ***'

conn.close()

# --- END ---



hope this helps.

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