1. A C client
Save the following code in a file called getSumAndDifference.c
#include <stdio.h>
#include <xmlrpc.h>
#include <xmlrpc_client.h>
#define NAME "XML-RPC getSumAndDifference C Client"
#define VERSION "0.1"
#define SERVER_URL "http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php"
void die_if_fault_occurred (xmlrpc_env *env)
{
/* Check our error-handling environment for an XML-RPC fault. */
if (env->fault_occurred) {
fprintf(stderr, "XML-RPC Fault: %s (%d)\n",
env->fault_string, env->fault_code);
exit(1);
}
}
int main (int argc, char** argv)
{
xmlrpc_env env;
xmlrpc_value *result;
xmlrpc_int32 sum, difference;
/* Start up our XML-RPC client library. */
xmlrpc_client_init(XMLRPC_CLIENT_NO_FLAGS, NAME, VERSION);
xmlrpc_env_init(&env);
/* Call our XML-RPC server. */
result = xmlrpc_client_call(&env, SERVER_URL,
"sample.sumAndDifference", "(ii)",
(xmlrpc_int32) 5,
(xmlrpc_int32) 3);
die_if_fault_occurred(&env);
/* Parse our result value. */
xmlrpc_parse_value(&env, result, "{s:i,s:i,*}",
"sum", &sum,
"difference", &difference);
die_if_fault_occurred(&env);
/* Print out our sum and difference. */
printf("Sum: %d, Difference: %d\n", (int) sum, (int) difference);
/* Dispose of our result value. */
xmlrpc_DECREF(result);
/* Shutdown our XML-RPC client library. */
xmlrpc_env_clean(&env);
xmlrpc_client_cleanup();
return 0;
}
To compile it, you can type:
bash$ CLIENT_CFLAGS=`xmlrpc-c-config libwww-client --cflags`
bash$ CLIENT_LIBS=`xmlrpc-c-config libwww-client --libs`
bash$ gcc $CLIENT_CFLAGS -o getSumAndDifference getSumAndDifference.c $CLIENT_LIBS
2. A C++ client
Save the following code in a file called getSumAndDifference2.cc:
To compile it, you can type:#include <iostream> #include <XmlRpcCpp.h> #define NAME "XML-RPC getSumAndDifference C++ Client" #define VERSION "0.1" #define SERVER_URL "http://xmlrpc-c.sourceforge.net/api/sample.php"
using namespace std;static void get_sum_and_difference () { // Build our parameter array. XmlRpcValue param_array = XmlRpcValue::makeArray(); param_array.arrayAppendItem(XmlRpcValue::makeInt(5)); param_array.arrayAppendItem(XmlRpcValue::makeInt(3)); // Create an object to resprent the server, and make our call. XmlRpcClient server (SERVER_URL); XmlRpcValue result = server.call("sample.sumAndDifference", param_array); // Extract the sum and difference from our struct. XmlRpcValue::int32 sum = result.structGetValue("sum").getInt(); XmlRpcValue::int32 diff = result.structGetValue("difference").getInt(); cout << "Sum: " << sum << ", Difference: " << diff << endl; } int main (int argc, char **argv) { // Start up our client library. XmlRpcClient::Initialize(NAME, VERSION); // Call our client routine, and watch out for faults. try { get_sum_and_difference(); } catch (XmlRpcFault& fault) { cerr << argv[0] << ": XML-RPC fault #" << fault.getFaultCode() << ": " << fault.getFaultString() << endl; XmlRpcClient::Terminate(); exit(1); } // Shut down our client library. XmlRpcClient::Terminate(); return 0; }
bash$ CLIENT_CFLAGS=`xmlrpc-c-config c++ libwww-client --cflags` bash$ CLIENT_LIBS=`xmlrpc-c-config c++ libwww-client --libs` bash$ c++ $CLIENT_CFLAGS -o getSumAndDifference2 getSumAndDifference2.cc $CLIENT_LIBS (
)bash$ CLIENT_CFLAGS=`xmlrpc-c-config c++2 client --cflags` bash$ CLIENT_LIBS=`xmlrpc-c-config c++2 client --libs` bash$ c++ $CLIENT_CFLAGS -o getSumAndDifference2 getSumAndDifference2.cc $CLIENT_LIBS
cite: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/XML-RPC-HOWTO/index.html