How to send a file via XML RPC

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1

Does anyone have some sample code showing how to send a file via XML RPC?

Sending string values is easy ... like the below example...

server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping")
result = server.call("weblogUpdates.ping", "Copenhagen.rb",
"http://www.copenhagenrb.dk/

.... but how would one send a file?

Etienne

2

I can't remember where I first saw this.

$ cat client.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'xmlrpc/client'
require 'base64'

data = IO.read('/tmp/test.jpg')
encoded_file = Base64.encode64(data)

server = XMLRPC::Client.new3({'host'=>'localhost', 'port'=>8888, 'timeout'=>30})

if server.call("put_file", encoded_file)
   puts "ok"
end
puts result

$ cat server.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

$SAFE = 1

require "xmlrpc/server"
require 'base64'

s = XMLRPC::Server.new(8888)
s.add_handler("put_file") { |encoded_file|
   Dir.chdir('/tmp/test')
   File.open('test.jpg', 'w+') { |file|
       file.puts( Base64.decode64(encoded_file) )
     }
     true
}

s.serve

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On Apr 15, 2008, at 6:56 PM, e deleflie wrote:

Does anyone have some sample code showing how to send a file via XML RPC?

3

bingo! .... .... just needed to encode the binary data into base64
before sending it (and do the reverse at the server end).

thanks
Etienne

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On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 10:31 PM, lists <lists@kalama.no-ip.org> wrote:

On Apr 15, 2008, at 6:56 PM, e deleflie wrote:

> Does anyone have some sample code showing how to send a file via XML RPC?
>

I can't remember where I first saw this.

$ cat client.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

require 'xmlrpc/client'
require 'base64'

data = IO.read('/tmp/test.jpg')
encoded_file = Base64.encode64(data)

server = XMLRPC::Client.new3({'host'=>'localhost', 'port'=>8888,
'timeout'=>30})

if server.call("put_file", encoded_file)
  puts "ok"
end
puts result

$ cat server.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

$SAFE = 1

require "xmlrpc/server"
require 'base64'

s = XMLRPC::Server.new(8888)
s.add_handler("put_file") { |encoded_file|
  Dir.chdir('/tmp/test')
  File.open('test.jpg', 'w+') { |file|
      file.puts( Base64.decode64(encoded_file) )
    }
    true
}

s.serve