Web services

[loial]

I am trying to learn about web services and how to interface with a
3rd party web service from python.

Can anyone point me at an idiots guide/tutorial for someone who is new
to web services?

 

[Chris Rebert]

I am trying to learn about web services and how to interface with a
3rd party web service from python.

Can anyone point me at an idiots guide/tutorial for someone who is new
to web services?

The XML-RPC client module in the std lib (xmlrpclib) includes an
example: http://docs.python.org/library/xmlrpclib.html#example-of-client-usage
And the XML-RPC server server in the stdlib also includes a full
client-server example:
http://docs.python.org/library/simplexmlrpcserver.html#simplexmlrpcserver-example

Cheers,
Chris