Date: Jun. 28, 2001
Link: http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/2000/11/22/xmlrpcclient.html
Source Author or Organization: Dave Warner, Python DevCenter, O'Reilly ONLamp.com

This is a tutorial on using the xmlrpclib module by Fredrik Lundh of PythonWare to access the Meerkat PHP-based XML-RPC server.

The author utilizes Rael Dornfest's XML-RPC interface to Meekrat to discover available methods, retrieve a list of Rich Site Summary (RSS) channels, and construct a list of HTML links to Linux articles appearing on Meekrat in a given time period. Python code for each step is listed.

The article addresses the developers' need for reliable automation for cross-platform and cross-language communication and then explains how using Python with XML-RPC offers a solution that is simple and robust, employing a standard that has matured beyond the moving target stage and is widely in place.