Varia

Author: stefanseefeld

CHANGES.txt

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ are given with the most recent entry first.
 
 2007-??-??
 Feature:
+- Roundup has a new xmlrpc frontend that gives access to a tracker using XMLRPC.
 - Dates can now be in the year-range 1-9999 except for metakit which is
   still limited to 1970-2038.
 - Add simple anti-spam recipe to docs

doc/features.txt

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ from Ka-Ping Yee in the Software Carpentry "Track" design competition.
  - a variety of sample shell scripts are provided (weekly reports, issue
    generation, ...)
 
+*xmlrpc interface*
+ - simple remote tracker interface with basic HTTP authentication
+ - provides same access to tracker as roundup-admin, but based on
+   XMLRPC calls
+
 .. _sqlite: http://www.hwaci.com/sw/sqlite/
 .. _metakit: http://www.equi4.com/metakit/
 .. _mysql: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python

roundup/scripts/roundup_xmlrpc_server.py

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Stefan Seefeld
 # All rights reserved.
-# Licensed to the public under the terms of the GNU LGPL (>= 2),
-# see the file COPYING for details.
+# For license terms see the file COPYING.txt.
 #
+
 import getopt, os, sys, socket
 from roundup.xmlrpc import RoundupServer, RoundupRequestHandler
 from roundup.instance import TrackerError

roundup/xmlrpc.py

@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Stefan Seefeld
 # All rights reserved.
-# Licensed to the public under the terms of the GNU LGPL (>= 2),
-# see the file COPYING for details.
+# For license terms see the file COPYING.txt.
 #
 
-
 import base64
 import roundup.instance
 from roundup import hyperdb
@@ -59,7 +57,7 @@ def __init__(self, tracker, username, password):
             raise Unauthorised, 'Invalid user.'
         self.db.setCurrentUser(username)
 
-    def __del__(self):
+    def close(self):
         """Close the database, after committing any changes, if needed."""
 
         if getattr(self, 'db'):
@@ -118,7 +116,9 @@ def list(self, username, password, classname, propname = None):
         cl = r.get_class(classname)
         if not propname:
             propname = cl.labelprop()
-        return [cl.get(id, propname) for id in cl.list()]
+        result = [cl.get(id, propname) for id in cl.list()]
+        r.close()
+        return result
 
     def display(self, username, password, designator, *properties):
 
@@ -127,8 +127,9 @@ def display(self, username, password, designator, *properties):
         cl = r.get_class(classname)
         props = properties and list(properties) or cl.properties.keys()
         props.sort()
-        return dict([(property, cl.get(nodeid, property))
-                     for property in props])
+        result = [(property, cl.get(nodeid, property)) for property in props]
+        r.close()
+        return dict(result)
 
     def create(self, username, password, classname, *args):
 
@@ -145,9 +146,12 @@ def create(self, username, password, classname, *args):
 
         # do the actual create
         try:
-            return cl.create(**props)
+            result = cl.create(**props)
         except (TypeError, IndexError, ValueError), message:
             raise UsageError, message
+        finally:
+            r.close()
+        return result
 
     def set(self, username, password, designator, *args):
 
@@ -161,5 +165,6 @@ def set(self, username, password, designator, *args):
             cl.set(itemid, **props)
         except (TypeError, IndexError, ValueError), message:
             raise UsageError, message
-
+        finally:
+            r.close()
 

test/test_xmlrpc.py

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright (C) 2007 Stefan Seefeld
 # All rights reserved.
-# Licensed to the public under the terms of the GNU LGPL (>= 2),
-# see the file COPYING for details.
+# For license terms see the file COPYING.txt.
 #
 
 import unittest, os, shutil, errno, sys, difflib, cgi, re