Re: [Zope] First attempt at writing External Method .. need help

23 Jun 2002


      kent@springfed.com wrote:
...
Howdy,
I wrote the example as in The Zope Book;
file hello.py in Extensions dir
def hello():
  return "Howdy there big world"
I created a folder testExternalMethods
and added External Method = hello ...
It added with no errors, however clicking
on the 'Test' tab of object 'hello' does nothing
and the URL testExternalMethods/hello produces a blank page
What am I missing here?
If your method is exactly as above, you are missing the docstring. 
 Methods published to the web from external methods (or inside Python 
products) need a docstring.

e.g.,

def hello():
"""Say hello, world!"""
	return "Howdy there big world"

-- Jim Washington