I can't see anything wrong, so I'll guess that the problem is something I can't see: 1. In Python, indentation has syntactic value. Is the "d" of "def" in column 1 of the line? It should be. 2. Are there any "special" characters at the end of the prior line? If you are on Unix, open the file with vi and look for stuff like "^M". If you see any, delete them. A couple of other points: 1. "Exact copy paste" may not be exact because of system and application differences in the handling of tabs and line endings. 2. You need to learn a little Python if you are going to use Zope. It's never too early to start. -- HTH -- Loren

-----Original Message----- From: Maarten Slaets [mailto:maarten.slaets@kpnqwest.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 05:33 To: Loren Stafford Subject: Re: [Zope] Newbie: How-To: Using ZClient to Access Another webserver

yup, that is the problem:

<error> # python WebClient.py File "WebClient.py", line 3 def web_client(url = 'http://www.yahoo.com/', username = None, password = None, **kw): ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax </error>

and the source: <source> from ZPublisher import Client

def web_client(url = 'http://www.yahoo.com/', username = None, password = None, **kw): '''access http servers''' if kw: return Client.call(url,username,password,kw)[1] else: return Client.call(url,username,password)[1] </source>

what is wrong?

maarten.

Loren Stafford wrote:

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To try to isolate the problem, why don't you try to execute the script directly with Python. E.g.:

python WebClient.py

If there is a syntax error in the script, Python should point directly to the error.

-- Loren

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-----Original Message----- From: zope-admin@zope.org [mailto:zope-admin@zope.org]On Behalf Of Maarten Slaets Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 02:38 To: zope@zope.org Subject: [Zope] Newbie: How-To: Using ZClient to Access Another webserver

hi zopers,

This howto (Using ZClient to Access Another webserver) by lstaffor explains how to connect to another webserver (for instance). i did exactly as explained on: http://www.zope.org/Members/lstaffor/ZClientMethod but when i try to add the external method in the web management interface i get this traceback:

<traceback> Traceback (innermost last): File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 214, in publish_module File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 179, in publish File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/Zope/__init__.py, line 201, in zpublisher_exception_hook File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 165, in publish File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/mapply.py, line 160, in mapply (Object: manage_addExternalMethod) File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/ZPublisher/Publish.py, line 102, in call_object (Object: manage_addExternalMethod) File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter nalMethod.py, line 126, in manage_addExternalMethod File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter nalMethod.py, line 166, in __init__ (Object: webClient) File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter nalMethod.py, line 185, in manage_edit (Object: webClient) File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/Products/ExternalMethod/Exter nalMethod.py, line 194, in getFunction (Object: webClient) File /usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/lib/python/App/Extensions.py, line 204, in getObject (Info: ('/usr/local/Zope-2.0.1-src/Extensions/WebClient.py', 'WebClient')) SyntaxError: (see above </traceback>

1/ Is there something wrong with the source given on the website? (i did an exact copy paste, because i don't know pyhton yet. 'yet' because i will learn it, but now i have to finish this project rapidly otherwise my boss will finish me:-) 2/ Does anyone have the WebClient.py source of lstaffor?