Thanks! This helps a lot.
On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 9:35:55 AM UTC+8, howesc wrote:
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> in the controllers directory, create a file say 'mysoapservice.py'.
> include something like:
> def soapfunction():
> retval = {}
> retval['tradeNo'] = 27
> retval['volume'] = 10
> retval['descr'] = 'this is a test'
> #add stuff to the dict here
> return retval
>
> then make sure in the views directory you have a folder called
> 'mysoapservice' that contains a file called 'soapfunction.xxx' where 'xxx'
> is replaced with the extension that is on the URL called by the requester.
> say the request is for /app/mysoapservice/soapfunction.xml then your view
> file would be named 'soapfunction.xml'. see the book for ways to override
> this default behavior.
>
> the view file would look like:
>
> <Trade>
> <TradeNo>{{=tradeNo}}</TradeNo>
> <Volume>{{=volume}}</Volume>
> <Description>{{=descr}}</Description>
> <etc...>
> <Trade>
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> On Monday, September 10, 2012 5:17:07 PM UTC-7, devrunner wrote:
>>
>> Hi cfh. thanks. I'm fairly new to web2py and python, can you provide a
>> sample code for me to start with. I really appreciate your reply.
>>
>> On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 7:17:09 AM UTC+8, howesc wrote:
>>>
>>> you can make a "view" that formats the output however you like....so
>>> when your controller method is called it returns a dict that is then
>>> rendered by your custom view.
>>>
>>> does that make sense? does that help you?
>>>
>>> cfh
>>>
>>> On Monday, September 10, 2012 12:31:46 AM UTC-7, devrunner wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wanted to return an xml similar to this :
>>>> <Trade>
>>>> <TradeNo></TradeNo>
>>>> <Volume></Volume>
>>>> <Description></Description>
>>>> <etc...>
>>>> <Trade>
>>>>
>>>> using a SOAP WebService. The example i'm seeing is just for primitive
>>>> datatypes, I wanted to have a user defined object. Is this possible?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>>
>>>>
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