[Zope] Can we execute an external method from outside of Zope

Kevin Carlson khcarlso@bellsouth.net
Wed, 28 May 2003 09:13:51 -0400


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If I understand you correctly, you want to have some process outside
Zope call this external method in a Zope context.&nbsp; We are doing this
with XML-RPC and cron to kick off certain scripts (both internal and
external) in a Zope context.<br>
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Any method, script, etc, in Zope can be called via XML-RPC. This is
probably the best way to accomplish what you want.&nbsp; Take a look at :<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/XML-RPC">http://www.zope.org/Members/Amos/XML-RPC</a><br>
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Hope that helps,<br>
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Kevin<br>
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Jean Baltus wrote:<br>
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  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Hi all,</span></font></p>
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  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I would like to know if
we can execute an external method from outside of Zope.</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">So let&#8217;s say that I have
a script &#8220;install.py&#8221; and an external method &#8220;installer&#8221; that refers to
it.</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Can I execute the
external method &#8220;installer&#8221; in a python script from outside of zope ?</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Can I execute the
&#8220;install.py&#8221; script from outside of Zope but manage to run it as it was
under the same context of the external method?</span></font></p>
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 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">I actually want to create
a script to install a new product and would like the user NOT to create
an external method in order to do this&#8230;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">Thanx for your
suggestions,</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">&nbsp;</span></font></p>
  <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span lang="EN-GB"
 style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;">-- Jean Baltus</span></font></p>
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