# xmlrpc.server --- Basic XML-RPC servers — SimpleXMLRPCServer example

> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Server code from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler # Restrict to a particular path.

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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Server code

from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCServer from xmlrpc.server import SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler

# Restrict to a particular path. class RequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler): rpc_paths = ('/RPC2',)

# Create server with SimpleXMLRPCServer(('localhost', 8000), requestHandler=RequestHandler) as server: server.register_introspection_functions()

The following client code will call the methods made available by the preceding server

s = xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy(' print(s.pow(2,3)) # Returns 23 = 8 print(s.add(2,3)) # Returns 5 print(s.mul(5,2)) # Returns 52 = 10

# Print list of available methods print(s.system.listMethods())

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()

The following example included in the Lib/xmlrpc/server.py module shows a server allowing dotted names and registering a multicall function.

Enabling the allow_dotted_names option allows intruders to access your module's global variables and may allow intruders to execute arbitrary code on your machine. Only use this example within a secure, closed network.

This ExampleService demo can be invoked from the command line

The client that interacts with the above server is included in Lib/xmlrpc/client.py

This client which interacts with the demo XMLRPC server can be invoked as

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