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Writing an XML-RPC Client (written by John-Mason Shackelford) | ||
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Code | Expected | Actual |
require 'xmlrpc/client' server = XMLRPC::Client.new2('http://betty.userland.com/RPC2') server.call('examples.getStateName', 5) |
"California" | "California" |
begin server.call('noSuchMethod') rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e puts "Error: fault code #{e.faultCode}" puts e.faultString end |
Error: fault code 7 Can't evaluate the expression because the name "noSuchMethod" hasn't been defined. |
Error: fault code 7 Can't evaluate the expression because the name "noSuchMethod" hasn't been defined. |
def lookup_upc(upc) server = XMLRPC::Client.new2('http://www.upcdatabase.com/rpc') begin response = server.call('lookupUPC', upc) return response['found'] ? response : nil rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e puts "Error: " puts e.faultCode puts e.faultString end end product = lookup_upc('018787765654') product['description'] |
"Dr Bronner's Peppermint Oil Soap" | "Dr Bronner's Peppermint Oil Soap" |
product['size'] |
"128 fl oz" | "128 fl oz" |
lookup_upc('no such UPC') |
nil | nil |