xml-rpc example?

[whisperstorm]

Is there an example somewhere of using laszlo with xml-rpc? for example something like this:

http://www.xmethods.net/ve2/ViewListing.po?key=uuid:C62AB323-CC0C-ADDF-9373-9655C18B9275

[antun]

I don't think there's an example, but if you can point me to the HTML page that returns the XML maybe I could help you.

How exactly do you query an XML-RPC web service?

-Antun

[whisperstorm]

Here's a link to the spec:

http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec

In short:
An XML-RPC message is an HTTP-POST request. The body of the request is in XML. A procedure executes on the server and the value it returns is also formatted in XML.

Can laszlo send specific information via post?

[antun]

By the sounds of it, you need to be able to send unparamaterized content in the body of the HTTP POST request for this to work.

i.e. What's missing in Laszlo is some sort of setPostData() API to the dataset. I have filed a feature request for this.

Unfortunately you can't do this right now (1.0.x). However remember that you can always write a script on your server that will handle your request and forward it onto the RPC server, then forward the response to your Laszlo app.

-Antun