[Zope] python script parameters

[Ben Avery]

this worried me a little, I had thought the idea of XML-RPC was that 
complex data structures could be passed back and forth, and the XML-RPC 
on Zope articles and how-tos only seem to pass simple arguments. So I've 
had read around about XML-RPC generally, and it has a number of 
different datatypes, including (thank Buddha) Struct, which is 
essentially a Python dictionary.
So if your method is a python script which picks up a single parameter, 
this can be a single dictionary, allowing you to pass named arguments, 
including blank fields, in any position. big :)

maybe I'll write a how-to on this when I have time.


Dieter Maurer wrote:

>Ben Avery writes:
> > I'm having problems with passing a number of parameters to a python 
> > script called by XML-RPC.
> > I want some of the parameters to be optional, and passed as empty 
> > strings. I have tried to do this by setting default values as empty 
> > quoted strings. But playing around even with setting non-empty default 
> > values in a list of params doesn't seem to work.
> > 
> > e.g.
> > if I set the parameter list of the method as: a, b="aardvark"
> > and then test the script, if I leave b empty, the default aardvark is 
> > assumed.
> > 
> > but if I switch the order round, and set the param list as: b="aardvark", a
> > and do the same, the script breaks with the error 'the parameter b was 
> > ommited from request.
>I am not sure but I fear XML-RPC can only handle positional arguments.
>
>
>Dieter
>
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