XMLRPC binary file transfer

[celery6541]

Hi all,

I am trying to transfer files via xmlrpc. I am following the example found here:
http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.html
under the binary objects section

Server Code

from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
import xmlrpclib
 
def python_logo():
     handle = open("python_logo.jpg")
     return xmlrpclib.Binary(handle.read())
     handle.close()
 
server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000))
print "Listening on port 8000..."
server.register_function(python_logo, 'python_logo')
 
server.serve_forever()[FONT=Arial][/FONT]

Client Code

import xmlrpclib
 
proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000/")
handle = open("fetched_python_logo.jpg", "w")
handle.write(proxy.python_logo().data)
handle.close()

I can get txt files to transfer properly, but when I try to transfer other things like word documents and images it creates a file that are a fraction of the original size and nothing shows up when I open the file.

Am I missing something in my Python install that converts the binary objects properly?

Thanks.

[kudos]

Try the following first, change :

handle = open("fetched_python_logo.jpg", "w")

to

handle = open("fetched_python_logo.jpg", "wb") 

(It could be something else aswell, but try this first)

-kudos

[celery6541]

I added the "b" into the code but I am still having the same problem. I tried the code on linux and mac and it worked fine, but when I tried it on another windows machine(I am also running on windows) the same problem occurred. I guess python on windows does not play with this binary transfer nicely?

[Condor06]

On server side, you must do something like this:

handle = open("python_logo.jpg", 'rb')

Also, on client side, like @kudos said, you can write 'wb' instead 'w', but this is not mandatory...

Regards,
Stole