alone XML-RPC servers.
-.. method:: SimpleXMLRPCServer.register_function(function, name=None)
+.. method:: SimpleXMLRPCServer.register_function(function=None, name=None)
Register a function that can respond to XML-RPC requests. If *name* is given,
it will be the method name associated with *function*, otherwise
- ``function.__name__`` will be used. *name* can be either a normal or Unicode
- string, and may contain characters not legal in Python identifiers, including
- the period character.
+ ``function.__name__`` will be used. *name* is a string, and may contain
+ characters not legal in Python identifiers, including the period character.
+
+ This method can also be used as a decorator. When used as a decorator,
+ *name* can only be given as a keyword argument to register *function* under
+ *name*. If no *name* is given, ``function.__name__`` will be used.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ :meth:`register_function` can be used as a decorator.
.. method:: SimpleXMLRPCServer.register_instance(instance, allow_dotted_names=False)
rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
# Create server
- with SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000),
+ with SimpleXMLRPCServer(('localhost', 8000),
requestHandler=RequestHandler) as server:
server.register_introspection_functions()
server.register_function(pow)
# Register a function under a different name
- def adder_function(x,y):
+ def adder_function(x, y):
return x + y
server.register_function(adder_function, 'add')
# Print list of available methods
print(s.system.listMethods())
+:meth:`register_function` can also be used as a decorator. The previous server
+example can register functions in a decorator way::
+
+ from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer
+ from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+
+ class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler):
+ rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)
+
+ with SimpleXMLRPCServer(('localhost', 8000),
+ requestHandler=RequestHandler) as server:
+ server.register_introspection_functions()
+
+ # Register pow() function; this will use the value of
+ # pow.__name__ as the name, which is just 'pow'.
+ server.register_function(pow)
+
+ # Register a function under a different name, using
+ # register_function as a decorator. *name* can only be given
+ # as a keyword argument.
+ @server.register_function(name='add')
+ def adder_function(x, y):
+ return x + y
+
+ # Register a function under function.__name__.
+ @server.register_function
+ def mul(x, y):
+ return x * y
+
+ server.serve_forever()
+
The following example included in the :file:`Lib/xmlrpc/server.py` module shows
a server allowing dotted names and registering a multicall function.
CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler
-----------------------
-The :class:`CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler` class can be used to handle XML-RPC
+The :class:`CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler` class can be used to handle XML-RPC
requests sent to Python CGI scripts.
-.. method:: CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler.register_function(function, name=None)
+.. method:: CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler.register_function(function=None, name=None)
+
+ Register a function that can respond to XML-RPC requests. If *name* is given,
+ it will be the method name associated with *function*, otherwise
+ ``function.__name__`` will be used. *name* is a string, and may contain
+ characters not legal in Python identifiers, including the period character.
+
+ This method can also be used as a decorator. When used as a decorator,
+ *name* can only be given as a keyword argument to register *function* under
+ *name*. If no *name* is given, ``function.__name__`` will be used.
- Register a function that can respond to XML-RPC requests. If *name* is given,
- it will be the method name associated with function, otherwise
- *function.__name__* will be used. *name* can be either a normal or Unicode
- string, and may contain characters not legal in Python identifiers, including
- the period character.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+ :meth:`register_function` can be used as a decorator.
.. method:: CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler.register_instance(instance)
def getData():
return '42'
- def my_function():
- '''This is my function'''
- return True
-
class MyXMLRPCServer(xmlrpc.server.SimpleXMLRPCServer):
def get_request(self):
# Ensure the socket is always non-blocking. On Linux, socket
serv.register_introspection_functions()
serv.register_multicall_functions()
serv.register_function(pow)
- serv.register_function(lambda x,y: x+y, 'add')
serv.register_function(lambda x: x, 'têšt')
- serv.register_function(my_function)
+ @serv.register_function
+ def my_function():
+ '''This is my function'''
+ return True
+ @serv.register_function(name='add')
+ def _(x, y):
+ return x + y
testInstance = TestInstanceClass()
serv.register_instance(testInstance, allow_dotted_names=True)
evt.set()
from xmlrpc.client import Fault, dumps, loads, gzip_encode, gzip_decode
from http.server import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
+from functools import partial
import http.server
import socketserver
import sys
self.instance = instance
self.allow_dotted_names = allow_dotted_names
- def register_function(self, function, name=None):
+ def register_function(self, function=None, name=None):
"""Registers a function to respond to XML-RPC requests.
The optional name argument can be used to set a Unicode name
for the function.
"""
+ # decorator factory
+ if function is None:
+ return partial(self.register_function, name=name)
if name is None:
name = function.__name__
self.funcs[name] = function
+ return function
+
def register_introspection_functions(self):
"""Registers the XML-RPC introspection methods in the system
namespace.