Perl Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples - v6.01, by Dr. Herong Yang
What Is XML-RPC?
This section describes what is XML-RPC - a specification on how to make a Remote Procedure call (RPC) by passing XML messages using HTTP requests and responses over the Internet.
Here is the definition of XML-RPC from the XML-RPC home page at xmlrpc.com:
"It's a spec and a set of implementations that allow software running on disparate operating systems, running in different environments to make procedure calls over the Internet."
"It's remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned."
My understanding of XML-RPC is that it is specification of how to:
RPC stands for Remote Procedure Call.
Table of Contents
Data Types: Values and Variables
Expressions, Operations and Simple Statements
Name Spaces and Perl Module Files
Hard References - Addresses of Memory Objects
Objects (or References) and Classes (or Packages)
Typeglob and Importing Identifiers from Other Packages
String Built-in Functions and Performance
File Handles and Data Input/Output
Open Directories and Read File Names
File System Functions and Operations
Socket Communication Over the Internet
XML::Simple Module - XML Parser and Generator
SOAP::Lite - SOAP Server-Client Communication Module
Perl Programs as IIS Server CGI Scripts
CGI (Common Gateway Interface)
►XML-RPC - Remote Procedure Call with XML and HTTP
Defining a Remote Method Call in XML
Sending a Remote Method Call as a HTTP Request
Defining Returning Values of a Remote Method Call
Receiving Returning Values as a HTTP Response
RPC::XML - Perl Implementation of XML-RPC
Integrating Perl with Apache Web Server
CGI.pm Module for Building Web Pages
LWP::UserAgent and Web Site Testing
Converting Perl Script to Executable Binary