[Zope] Can Zope act as an XML capable http client?

[Schmidt, Allen J.]

I too have a need for this. We have sample URLs from a group offering data
to us. They are basically standard URLs with various arguments attached to
the ends. The data returned is all tab delimited text and not structured at
all on the browser. A quick view source shows all the field names at the top
with a <COLUMNS> field1, field2, etc. </COLUMNS> and then the data values as
<DATA> value1, value2, etc. </DATA>

I have been told the result of the query is a pure XML stream and need an
XML parser to be able to use it. 
Will ParsedXML handle this? Is it relatively straightforward to use? I tried
installing on a Win98 test Zope 2.3.1 and got a variety of errors and have
not had time to go back to it.

I will hang up and listen now...

Allen

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Beaumont [mailto:cbeaumon@msri.org]
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 4:42 PM
To: zope@zope.org
Subject: [Zope] Can Zope act as an XML capable http client?


Zopistas,

The subject line says it.. I am trying to connect up to a legacy
FileMaker system which can act as a web server, serving up generic HTTP
content. I'd like to structure the templates so that this content is
available on the web in XML format. 

Can I use Zope to connect to this DB and download the XML via regular
HTTP, and then parse it?
Id like to then be able to write it to *my* database using a ZSQL method..

Is this feasible?

-Chris

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