[Zope] calling zope

[Chris McDonough]

Hi John,

Please see http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/01/xmlrpc/index.html for
information about using XML-RPC with Zope.

- C

----- Original Message -----
From: <jr@i-bucks.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:18 PM
Subject: [Zope] calling zope


>
> I am new to zope.   I am looking for an application server.
>
> I want to know if I can call zope objects and methods from a script run
> OUTSIDE of zope (say python, to make it easy).  Is this possible?  So far,
> all the API/call information that I have found either relates to calling
> system functions (APIs) from inside methods, or calling external methods.
> Nothing about calling the app server from an external program.
>
> I get the impression that I have to execute an http call, and clumsily
> parse the output.  Is this true, or is there something that I have
> overlooked in the output?
>
> The types of calls that I need to make is to search for objects with
> certain properties, create new objects, and update old objects.  I need to
> retrieve object properties, and execute methods.  I need to have basic
> security enforced (userid identification or userid/password).
>
> The reason why is that it is contractually necessary to provide an api
into
> the server.
>
> Thanks,
>
> jr
> John Riehl
>
>
>
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