xmlrpclib - methodHelp doesn't work

[srinivasanr]

I tried out the examples in this website for XML-RPC using python -
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2...nt.html?page=2
But I get the following errors when I try to execute the code. Here is
the snippet of the code with the error messages.

<snip>

meerkatsvr.system.methodSignature(meerkat.getChann els) Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'meerkat' is not defined meerkatsvr.system.methodHelp(meerkat.getItems)

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'meerkat' is not defined

</snip>

can someone tell me what is wrong.

Also is there any good online resource for XML-RPC with Python.

[Kent Johnson]

sr*********@gmail.com wrote:

I tried out the examples in this website for XML-RPC using python -
http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2...nt.html?page=2
But I get the following errors when I try to execute the code. Here is
the snippet of the code with the error messages.

meerkatsvr.system.methodSignature(meerkat.getC hannels)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'meerkat' is not defined
meerkatsvr.system.methodHelp(meerkat.getItem s)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'meerkat' is not defined

You have to give the method names as strings. Your code is looking for a 'getChannels' or 'getItems' attribute of something named 'meerkat', but there is no such name in the current scope. Try this:

Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import xmlrpclib
meerkatURI = "http://www.oreillynet.com/meerkat/xml-rpc/server.php"
meerkatsvr = xmlrpclib.Server(meerkatURI)
meerkatsvr.system.listMethods() ['meerkat.getChannels', 'meerkat.getCategories', 'meerkat.getCategoriesBySubstring', 'meerkat.getChannelsByCategory', 'meerkat.getChannelsBySubstring', 'meerkat.getItems', 'system.listMethods', 'system.methodHelp', 'system.methodSignature'] print meerkatsvr.system.methodSignature('meerkat.getChan nels') [['array']] print meerkatsvr.system.methodHelp('meerkat.getItems')

Returns an array of structs of RSS items given a recipe struct.
<etc>

Kent

[srinivasanr]

oh. missed that one.
thanks a lot.