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CipUX::RPC::Client(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation CipUX::RPC::Client(3pm)
 

NAME

CipUX::RPC::Client - XML-RPC client call library

VERSION

This document describes CipUX::RPC::Client version 3.4.0.7

SYNOPSIS

 use warnings;
 use strict;
 use CipUX::RPC::Client;
 use version; our $VERSION = qv('3.4.0.0');
 my $rpc = CipUX::RPC::Client->new({
               url=>'http://localhost:8001/RPC2',
               client=>'clientname', # name of client
               version=>'3.4.0.0', # version of client
          });
 if ( $rpc->rpc_ping() ) { print "OK\n" }else{ exit 1; }
 if ( $rpc->rpc_login() ) { print "OK\n" }else{ exit 1; }
 # probably do some other calls
 if ( $rpc->rpc_logout() ) { print "OK\n" }else{ exit 1; }
 exit 0;

DESCRIPTION

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

BUILD

Constructor (Not used at the moment)

DEMOLISH

Destructor

get_login

Retrieve the login (uid) of the rpc client object.
  $login = $rpc->get_login();

rpc_selfpasswd

Set own password.
  1|0 = $rpc->rpc_login( { password=>$password } );

rpc_ping

Test if the server is up.
  1|0 = $rpc->rpc_ping();

rpc_login

Perform a log in.
  1|0 = $rpc->rpc_login();

rpc_logout

Perform a log out.
  1|0 = $rpc->rpc_logout();

rpc_ttl

Returns the TTL via rpc_intern.
  $ttl = $rpc->rpc_ttl();

rpc_session

Returns a ticket or 0;
  my $ticket = $rpc->rpc_session();

rpc_cat_module_cache_size

Returns the cache size via rpc_intern.
  $integer = $rpc->rpc_cat_module_cache_size();

rpc_rpc_intern_cache_size

Returns the cache size via rpc_intern.
  $integer = $rpc->rpc_rpc_intern_cache_size();

rpc_task_cache_size

Returns the cache size via rpc_intern.
  $integer = $rpc->rpc_task_cache_size();

rpc_flush

Flush the cache via rpc_intern.
  0|1 = $rpc->rpc_flush();

rpc_check_access

Aggregate several check access subcommands.
  ( $from, $r_hr ) = $rpc->rpc_check_access({
     rpcmode    => rpc_intern|rpc_info,
     entity     => task   | rpc_intern | cat_module
     scope      => single | manifold,
     subcommand => user_task_access
                   | user_task_access_survey
                   | user_cat_module_access
                   | user_cat_module_access_survey
                   | user_rpc_intern_access
                   | user_rpc_intern_access_survey
     param_ar   => (rest send as to_ar)
  });

rpcev

Helper routine to evaluate calls.
     $ok   = $rpc->rpcev( 'ping',  \&{ $rpc->rpc_ping } );
     $ok   = $rpc->rpcev( 'login', \&{ $rpc->rpc_login } );
     $code = sub { return $rpc->xmlrpc(@_); }; # remains the same
     $a_hr = $rpc->rpcev 'list', $code, {cmd => 'cipux_task_list_student_accounts'} );
     $d_ar = $rpc->extract_data_for_tpl( {answer_hr => $a_hr, use_ltarget=>1} );
     print "Students on the system:\n";
     foreach my $l (@{$d_ar->{tpl_data_ar}}){ print "\t$l->{$d_ar->{ltarget}}\n";}
     $ok   = $rpc->rpcev( 'logout',\&{ $rpc->rpc_logout }, );

xmlrpc

Helper subroutine to executing XML-RPC calls.
  ($answer_hr, $ticket) = $rpc->xmlrpc({
        cmd    => 'cipux_task_*|rpc_intern|...',  # mandatory
        login  => $login,
        ticket => $ticket,
        param_hr => {},
  });

extract_data_for_tpl

Helper subroutine to extract data for using in web templates. Encode it into UTF-8.
 $tpl_data_ar = $rpc->extract_data_for_tpl({answer_hr=>$answer_hr});

DIAGNOSTICS

"EXCEPTION: Setting password via server %url failed!"
"EXCEPTION: Server %url not responding"
"EXCEPTION: Server status UNKNOWN"

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

CipUX::RPC::Client requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES

        Carp
        CipUX
        Class::Std
        Data::Dumper
        English
        Frontier::Client
        Log::Log4perl
        Readonly
        version

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

SEE ALSO

See the CipUX webpage and the manual at <http://www.cipux.org>
See the mailing list http://sympa.cipworx.org/wws/info/cipux-devel <http://sympa.cipworx.org/wws/info/cipux-devel>

AUTHOR

Christian Kuelker <christian.kuelker@cipworx.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2009 by Christian Kuelker. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

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