Freeside:3:Documentation:Developer/FS/XMLRPC

NAME

FS::XMLRPC - Object methods for handling XMLRPC requests

SYNOPSIS

 use FS::XMLRPC;

 $xmlrpc = new FS::XMLRPC;

 ($error, $response_xml) = $xmlrpc->serve($request_xml);

DESCRIPTION

The FS::XMLRPC object is a mechanisim to access read-only data from freeside's subroutines. It does not, at least not at this point, give you the ability to access methods of freeside objects remotely. It can, however, be used to call subroutines such as FS::cust_main::smart_search and FS::Record::qsearch.

See the serve method below for calling syntax.

METHODS

new

Provides a FS::XMLRPC object used to handle incoming XMLRPC requests.

serve REQUEST_XML_SCALAR

The serve method takes a scalar containg an XMLRPC request for one of freeside's subroutines (not object methods). Parameters passed in the 'methodCall' will be passed as a list to the subroutine untouched. The return value of the called subroutine _must_ be a freeside object reference (eg. qsearchs) or a list of freeside object references (eg. qsearch, smart_search), _and_, the object(s) returned must support the hashref method. This will be checked first by calling UNIVERSAL::can('FS::class::subroutine', 'hashref').

Return value is an XMLRPC methodResponse containing the results of the call. The result of the subroutine call itself will be coded in the methodResponse as an array of structs, regardless of whether there was many or a single object returned. In other words, after you decode the response, you'll always have an array.

BUGS

Probably lots.

SEE ALSO

Frontier::RPC2.

POD ERRORS

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