diff -r 044dc196ec8a -r d3668ecd9137 src/ztfy/utils/protocol/xmlrpc.py
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+++ b/src/ztfy/utils/protocol/xmlrpc.py	Wed Jun 20 16:29:53 2012 +0200
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+### -*- coding: utf-8 -*- ####################################################
+##############################################################################
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2008 Thierry Florac <tflorac AT ulthar.net>
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# This software is subject to the provisions of the Zope Public License,
+# Version 2.1 (ZPL).  A copy of the ZPL should accompany this distribution.
+# THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
+# WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+#
+##############################################################################
+
+
+# import standard packages
+import base64
+import cookielib
+import urllib2
+import xmlrpclib
+
+# import Zope3 interfaces
+
+# import local interfaces
+
+# import Zope3 packages
+
+# import local packages
+
+
+class XMLRPCCookieAuthTransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
+    """An XML-RPC transport handling authentication via cookies"""
+
+    def __init__(self, user_agent, credentials=(), cookies=None):
+        xmlrpclib.Transport.__init__(self)
+        self.user_agent = user_agent
+        self.credentials = credentials
+        self.cookies = cookies
+
+    # override the send_host hook to also send authentication info
+    def send_host(self, connection, host):
+        xmlrpclib.Transport.send_host(self, connection, host)
+        if (self.cookies is not None) and (len(self.cookies) > 0):
+            for cookie in self.cookies:
+                connection.putheader('Cookie', '%s=%s' % (cookie.name, cookie.value))
+        elif self.credentials:
+            auth = 'Basic %s' % base64.encodestring("%s:%s" % self.credentials).strip()
+            connection.putheader('Authorization', auth)
+
+    def request(self, host, handler, request_body, verbose=False):
+
+        # dummy request class for extracting cookies
+        class CookieRequest(urllib2.Request):
+            pass
+
+        # dummy response class for extracting cookies
+        class CookieResponse:
+            def __init__(self, headers):
+                self.headers = headers
+            def info(self):
+                return self.headers
+
+        # issue XML-RPC request
+        connection = self.make_connection(host)
+        self.verbose = verbose
+        if verbose:
+            connection.set_debuglevel(1)
+        self.send_request(connection, handler, request_body)
+        self.send_host(connection, host)
+        self.send_user_agent(connection)
+        # get response
+        self.send_content(connection, request_body)
+        errcode, errmsg, headers = connection.getreply()
+        # extract cookies from response headers
+        crequest = CookieRequest('http://%s/' % host)
+        cresponse = CookieResponse(headers)
+        if self.cookies is not None:
+            self.cookies.extract_cookies(cresponse, crequest)
+        if errcode != 200:
+            raise xmlrpclib.ProtocolError(host + handler, errcode, errmsg, headers)
+        try:
+            sock = connection._conn.sock
+        except AttributeError:
+            sock = None
+        return self._parse_response(connection.getfile(), sock)
+
+
+def getClient(uri, credentials=(), verbose=False):
+    """Get an XML-RPC client which supports basic authentication"""
+    transport = XMLRPCCookieAuthTransport('Python XML-RPC Client/0.1 (ZTFY basic implementation)', credentials)
+    return xmlrpclib.Server(uri, transport=transport, verbose=verbose)
+
+
+def getClientWithCookies(uri, credentials=(), verbose=False):
+    """Get an XML-RPC client which supports authentication throught cookies"""
+    transport = XMLRPCCookieAuthTransport('Python XML-RPC Client/0.1 (ZTFY cookie implementation)', credentials, cookielib.CookieJar())
+    return xmlrpclib.Server(uri, transport=transport, verbose=verbose)