Invoke Drupal XML-RPC call through Python's xmlrpclib. #drupal #xmlrpclib #php

drupal-xmlrpc-example-1.py

import xmlrpclib

session_info = (None,None)
token = None

class CookieAwareTransport(xmlrpclib.Transport):
    ''' Enhance xmlrpclib.Transport so that it sends the 
    appropriate authn/authz headers
    '''
    def send_content(self, connection, request_body):

        connection.putheader("X-Foo", "Baz")

        if session_info[0]:
            cookie = "%s=%s;" % session_info
            connection.putheader('Cookie', cookie)
            print "Added a cookie header: %s" % (cookie)
        
        if token:
            connection.putheader('X-Csrf-Token', token)
            print "Added a token header: %s" % (token)


        xmlrpclib.Transport.send_content(self, connection, request_body)

# Try it!

url = "https://drupal7-1.localdomain/drupal7-a/api/1";

proxy = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(url, transport=CookieAwareTransport())

auth = proxy.user.login('admin', 'admin')

session_info = (auth['session_name'], auth['sessid'])

t = proxy.user.token()
token = t['token']

# Now we are logged-in, attempt to create a new 'page' node 

x = {
    'type': 'page',
    'title': 'Hello XMLRPC-created node',
    'body': 'I am created via an XMLRPC call',
}

r = proxy.node.create(x)

print r