| """Self documenting XML-RPC Server. |
| |
| This module can be used to create XML-RPC servers that |
| serve pydoc-style documentation in response to HTTP |
| GET requests. This documentation is dynamically generated |
| based on the functions and methods registered with the |
| server. |
| |
| This module is built upon the pydoc and SimpleXMLRPCServer |
| modules. |
| """ |
| |
| import pydoc |
| import inspect |
| import types |
| import re |
| import sys |
| |
| from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer,\ |
| SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler,\ |
| CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler,\ |
| resolve_dotted_attribute |
| |
| class ServerHTMLDoc(pydoc.HTMLDoc): |
| """Class used to generate pydoc HTML document for a server""" |
| |
| def markup(self, text, escape=None, funcs={}, classes={}, methods={}): |
| """Mark up some plain text, given a context of symbols to look for. |
| Each context dictionary maps object names to anchor names.""" |
| escape = escape or self.escape |
| results = [] |
| here = 0 |
| |
| # XXX Note that this regular expressions does not allow for the |
| # hyperlinking of arbitrary strings being used as method |
| # names. Only methods with names consisting of word characters |
| # and '.'s are hyperlinked. |
| pattern = re.compile(r'\b((http|ftp)://\S+[\w/]|' |
| r'RFC[- ]?(\d+)|' |
| r'PEP[- ]?(\d+)|' |
| r'(self\.)?((?:\w|\.)+))\b') |
| while 1: |
| match = pattern.search(text, here) |
| if not match: break |
| start, end = match.span() |
| results.append(escape(text[here:start])) |
| |
| all, scheme, rfc, pep, selfdot, name = match.groups() |
| if scheme: |
| url = escape(all).replace('"', '"') |
| results.append('<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, url)) |
| elif rfc: |
| url = 'http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc%d.txt' % int(rfc) |
| results.append('<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, escape(all))) |
| elif pep: |
| url = 'http://www.python.org/peps/pep-%04d.html' % int(pep) |
| results.append('<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (url, escape(all))) |
| elif text[end:end+1] == '(': |
| results.append(self.namelink(name, methods, funcs, classes)) |
| elif selfdot: |
| results.append('self.<strong>%s</strong>' % name) |
| else: |
| results.append(self.namelink(name, classes)) |
| here = end |
| results.append(escape(text[here:])) |
| return ''.join(results) |
| |
| def docroutine(self, object, name=None, mod=None, |
| funcs={}, classes={}, methods={}, cl=None): |
| """Produce HTML documentation for a function or method object.""" |
| |
| anchor = (cl and cl.__name__ or '') + '-' + name |
| note = '' |
| |
| title = '<a name="%s"><strong>%s</strong></a>' % (anchor, name) |
| |
| if inspect.ismethod(object): |
| args, varargs, varkw, defaults = inspect.getargspec(object.im_func) |
| # exclude the argument bound to the instance, it will be |
| # confusing to the non-Python user |
| argspec = inspect.formatargspec ( |
| args[1:], |
| varargs, |
| varkw, |
| defaults, |
| formatvalue=self.formatvalue |
| ) |
| elif inspect.isfunction(object): |
| args, varargs, varkw, defaults = inspect.getargspec(object) |
| argspec = inspect.formatargspec( |
| args, varargs, varkw, defaults, formatvalue=self.formatvalue) |
| else: |
| argspec = '(...)' |
| |
| if isinstance(object, types.TupleType): |
| argspec = object[0] or argspec |
| docstring = object[1] or "" |
| else: |
| docstring = pydoc.getdoc(object) |
| |
| decl = title + argspec + (note and self.grey( |
| '<font face="helvetica, arial">%s</font>' % note)) |
| |
| doc = self.markup( |
| docstring, self.preformat, funcs, classes, methods) |
| doc = doc and '<dd><tt>%s</tt></dd>' % doc |
| return '<dl><dt>%s</dt>%s</dl>\n' % (decl, doc) |
| |
| def docserver(self, server_name, package_documentation, methods): |
| """Produce HTML documentation for an XML-RPC server.""" |
| |
| fdict = {} |
| for key, value in methods.items(): |
| fdict[key] = '#-' + key |
| fdict[value] = fdict[key] |
| |
| head = '<big><big><strong>%s</strong></big></big>' % server_name |
| result = self.heading(head, '#ffffff', '#7799ee') |
| |
| doc = self.markup(package_documentation, self.preformat, fdict) |
| doc = doc and '<tt>%s</tt>' % doc |
| result = result + '<p>%s</p>\n' % doc |
| |
| contents = [] |
| method_items = methods.items() |
| method_items.sort() |
| for key, value in method_items: |
| contents.append(self.docroutine(value, key, funcs=fdict)) |
| result = result + self.bigsection( |
| 'Methods', '#ffffff', '#eeaa77', pydoc.join(contents)) |
| |
| return result |
| |
| class XMLRPCDocGenerator: |
| """Generates documentation for an XML-RPC server. |
| |
| This class is designed as mix-in and should not |
| be constructed directly. |
| """ |
| |
| def __init__(self): |
| # setup variables used for HTML documentation |
| self.server_name = 'XML-RPC Server Documentation' |
| self.server_documentation = \ |
| "This server exports the following methods through the XML-RPC "\ |
| "protocol." |
| self.server_title = 'XML-RPC Server Documentation' |
| |
| def set_server_title(self, server_title): |
| """Set the HTML title of the generated server documentation""" |
| |
| self.server_title = server_title |
| |
| def set_server_name(self, server_name): |
| """Set the name of the generated HTML server documentation""" |
| |
| self.server_name = server_name |
| |
| def set_server_documentation(self, server_documentation): |
| """Set the documentation string for the entire server.""" |
| |
| self.server_documentation = server_documentation |
| |
| def generate_html_documentation(self): |
| """generate_html_documentation() => html documentation for the server |
| |
| Generates HTML documentation for the server using introspection for |
| installed functions and instances that do not implement the |
| _dispatch method. Alternatively, instances can choose to implement |
| the _get_method_argstring(method_name) method to provide the |
| argument string used in the documentation and the |
| _methodHelp(method_name) method to provide the help text used |
| in the documentation.""" |
| |
| methods = {} |
| |
| for method_name in self.system_listMethods(): |
| if self.funcs.has_key(method_name): |
| method = self.funcs[method_name] |
| elif self.instance is not None: |
| method_info = [None, None] # argspec, documentation |
| if hasattr(self.instance, '_get_method_argstring'): |
| method_info[0] = self.instance._get_method_argstring(method_name) |
| if hasattr(self.instance, '_methodHelp'): |
| method_info[1] = self.instance._methodHelp(method_name) |
| |
| method_info = tuple(method_info) |
| if method_info != (None, None): |
| method = method_info |
| elif not hasattr(self.instance, '_dispatch'): |
| try: |
| method = resolve_dotted_attribute( |
| self.instance, |
| method_name |
| ) |
| except AttributeError: |
| method = method_info |
| else: |
| method = method_info |
| else: |
| assert 0, "Could not find method in self.functions and no "\ |
| "instance installed" |
| |
| methods[method_name] = method |
| |
| documenter = ServerHTMLDoc() |
| documentation = documenter.docserver( |
| self.server_name, |
| self.server_documentation, |
| methods |
| ) |
| |
| return documenter.page(self.server_title, documentation) |
| |
| class DocXMLRPCRequestHandler(SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler): |
| """XML-RPC and documentation request handler class. |
| |
| Handles all HTTP POST requests and attempts to decode them as |
| XML-RPC requests. |
| |
| Handles all HTTP GET requests and interprets them as requests |
| for documentation. |
| """ |
| |
| def do_GET(self): |
| """Handles the HTTP GET request. |
| |
| Interpret all HTTP GET requests as requests for server |
| documentation. |
| """ |
| |
| response = self.server.generate_html_documentation() |
| self.send_response(200) |
| self.send_header("Content-type", "text/html") |
| self.send_header("Content-length", str(len(response))) |
| self.end_headers() |
| self.wfile.write(response) |
| |
| # shut down the connection |
| self.wfile.flush() |
| self.connection.shutdown(1) |
| |
| class DocXMLRPCServer( SimpleXMLRPCServer, |
| XMLRPCDocGenerator): |
| """XML-RPC and HTML documentation server. |
| |
| Adds the ability to serve server documentation to the capabilities |
| of SimpleXMLRPCServer. |
| """ |
| |
| def __init__(self, addr, requestHandler=DocXMLRPCRequestHandler, |
| logRequests=1): |
| SimpleXMLRPCServer.__init__(self, addr, requestHandler, logRequests) |
| XMLRPCDocGenerator.__init__(self) |
| |
| class DocCGIXMLRPCRequestHandler( CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler, |
| XMLRPCDocGenerator): |
| """Handler for XML-RPC data and documentation requests passed through |
| CGI""" |
| |
| def handle_get(self): |
| """Handles the HTTP GET request. |
| |
| Interpret all HTTP GET requests as requests for server |
| documentation. |
| """ |
| |
| response = self.generate_html_documentation() |
| |
| print 'Content-Type: text/html' |
| print 'Content-Length: %d' % len(response) |
| print |
| sys.stdout.write(response) |
| |
| def __init__(self): |
| CGIXMLRPCRequestHandler.__init__(self) |
| XMLRPCDocGenerator.__init__(self) |
| |
| if __name__ == '__main__': |
| def deg_to_rad(deg): |
| """deg_to_rad(90) => 1.5707963267948966 |
| |
| Converts an angle in degrees to an angle in radians""" |
| import math |
| return deg * math.pi / 180 |
| |
| server = DocXMLRPCServer(("localhost", 8000)) |
| |
| server.set_server_title("Math Server") |
| server.set_server_name("Math XML-RPC Server") |
| server.set_server_documentation("""This server supports various mathematical functions. |
| |
| You can use it from Python as follows: |
| |
| >>> from xmlrpclib import ServerProxy |
| >>> s = ServerProxy("http://localhost:8000") |
| >>> s.deg_to_rad(90.0) |
| 1.5707963267948966""") |
| |
| server.register_function(deg_to_rad) |
| server.register_introspection_functions() |
| |
| server.serve_forever() |