2 require 'xmlrpc/client'
4 module ActionWebService # :nodoc:
5 module Client # :nodoc:
7 # Implements XML-RPC client support
11 # class BloggerAPI < ActionWebService::API::Base
13 # api_method :getRecentPosts, :returns => [[Blog::Post]]
16 # blog = ActionWebService::Client::XmlRpc.new(BloggerAPI, "http://.../RPC", :handler_name => "blogger")
17 # posts = blog.getRecentPosts
20 # Creates a new web service client using the XML-RPC protocol.
22 # +api+ must be an ActionWebService::API::Base derivative, and
23 # +endpoint_uri+ must point at the relevant URL to which protocol requests
24 # will be sent with HTTP POST.
27 # [<tt>:handler_name</tt>] If the remote server defines its services inside special
28 # handler (the Blogger API uses a <tt>"blogger"</tt> handler name for example),
29 # provide it here, or your method calls will fail
30 def initialize(api, endpoint_uri, options={})
32 @handler_name = options[:handler_name]
33 @protocol = ActionWebService::Protocol::XmlRpc::XmlRpcProtocol.new
34 @client = XMLRPC::Client.new2(endpoint_uri, options[:proxy], options[:timeout])
38 def perform_invocation(method_name, args)
39 method = @api.api_methods[method_name.to_sym]
40 if method.expects && method.expects.length != args.length
41 raise(ArgumentError, "#{method.public_name}: wrong number of arguments (#{args.length} for #{method.expects.length})")
43 args = method.cast_expects(args.dup) rescue args
45 method.expects.each_with_index{ |type, i| args[i] = @protocol.value_to_xmlrpc_wire_format(args[i], type) }
47 ok, return_value = @client.call2(public_name(method_name), *args)
48 return (method.cast_returns(return_value.dup) rescue return_value) if ok
49 raise(ClientError, "#{return_value.faultCode}: #{return_value.faultString}")
52 def public_name(method_name)
53 public_name = @api.public_api_method_name(method_name)
54 @handler_name ? "#{@handler_name}.#{public_name}" : public_name