freeipa/ipalib/plugins/b_xmlrpc.py

# Authors:
#   Jason Gerard DeRose <jderose@redhat.com>
#
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"""
Backend plugin for XML-RPC client.

This provides a lightwieght XML-RPC client using Python standard library
``xmlrpclib`` module.
"""

import xmlrpclib
import socket
from ipalib.backend import Backend
from ipalib.util import xmlrpc_marshal
from ipalib import api

class xmlrpc(Backend):
    """
    Kerberos backend plugin.
    """

    def get_client(self):
        # FIXME: The server uri should come from self.api.env.server_uri
        return xmlrpclib.ServerProxy('http://localhost:8888', allow_none=True)

    def forward_call(self, name, *args, **kw):
        """
        Forward a call over XML-RPC to an IPA server.
        """
        client = self.get_client()
        command = getattr(client, name)
        params = xmlrpc_marshal(*args, **kw)
        try:
            return command(*params)
        except socket.error, e:
            print e[1]
            return False

api.register(xmlrpc)