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= XMLRPC for Ruby, Standard Library Documentation
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== Overview
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XMLRPC is a lightweight protocol that enables remote procedure calls over
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HTTP. It is defined at http://www.xmlrpc.com.
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XMLRPC allows you to create simple distributed computing solutions that span
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computer languages. Its distinctive feature is its simplicity compared to
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other approaches like SOAP and CORBA.
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The Ruby standard library package 'xmlrpc' enables you to create a server that
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implements remote procedures and a client that calls them. Very little code
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is required to achieve either of these.
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== Example
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Try the following code. It calls a standard demonstration remote procedure.
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require 'xmlrpc/client'
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require 'pp'
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server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php")
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result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", 5, 3)
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pp result
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== Documentation
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See http://www.ntecs.de/projects/xmlrpc4r. There is plenty of detail there to
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use the client and implement a server.
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