[Pywebsvcs-talk] Re: SOAP in CGI-like environments

[Rich S. <rs...@zo...>]

Last week, Paul asked to be able to do this:
	#! /usr/bin/env python2.1
	import zsiserver
	...various functions...
	zsiserver.serve_forever()

This was analogous to the CGI-oriented dispatching we talked about the
previous week.

I added it, and it's in ZSI1.1 which will be released by the end of the
week.  I think I already mentioned the scripting-like client code.

So here's a script that can be either CGI or a stand-alone server:

    #! /usr/bin/env python2.1
    from ZSI import dispatch

    def hello(*args):
	return 'hello world'

    def auth():	#
	cb = dispatch.GetClientBinding()
	if not cb: return 'No binding avail'
	return cb.GetAuth()

    def echo(*args):
	args = list(args)
	args.append("It would be my pleasure to connect you.")
	return args

    def incr(*args):
	return [ k + 1 for k in args ]

    def average(*args):
	sum = 0
	for i in args: sum += i
	return sum / len(args) 

    if __name__ == '__main__':
	dispatch.AsCGI()
	#dispatch.AsServer(port=8000)

Here's client use:
	from ZSI.client import Binding, AUTH
	a = Binding(url="/cgi-bin/x")
	a.echo(1,2,3)
	a.SetAuth(AUTH.httpbasic, 'name', 'password')
	a.auth()

You can also use typecodes by invoking Send and RPC, e.g., with
params that describe the data.