----- Original Message ----- From: Tony McDonald <tony.mcdonald@ncl.ac.uk>
server_url="http://xmlrpc.server:9999" server=xmlrpclib.Server(server_url) server.getTranscript(number)
Is this the whole text? You never return anything, so the caller gets 'None' back. (Don't worry, I've done that myself a few times)
If I make the PythonMethod be; import xmlrpclib
def doit(number): server_url="http://xmlrpc.server:9999" server=xmlrpclib.Server(server_url) return server.getTranscript(number)
doit(number)
You can't treat PythonMethods like modules. In a module, the 'import' would put 'xmlrpclib' into the module-global namespace, where 'doit' could find it. In this PM, 'import' creates a local variable which is not visible from 'doit'. Unless it really helps reduce redundancy, functions in PMs aren't generally a good idea. You could make this example work by adding a 'global xmlrpclib' line before the 'import' line, though. Cheers, Evan @ digicool