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Test your server to see if it's compatible

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
javascript

Research direction

Start with the browser-based XML-RPC test suite at http://scripting.com/code/xmlrpcbrowserclient/ and inspect examples/betty/betty.js, the source for the referenced endpoint. The issue provides no specific code change or test target; completion is described only as testing an endpoint and posting the findings or questions.

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Description

In the early days of XML-RPC we had a test suite that people could use to validate an implementation.

That test suite has been ported to JavaScript and runs in the browser.

http://scripting.com/code/xmlrpcbrowserclient/

So let's find out as best as we can if the lights are still on in XML-RPC-land. ;-)

If you have a server that implements the test suite, enter the URL of your endpoint and click the button. Please post a note here on what you find or if you have questions.

Important note

I have set it up so it runs, by default, the test suite at http://betty.userland.com/RPC2.

Here's the source for the application running at that endpoint.

If you look around you'll find lots of implementations of these endpoints in various languages.

Dominant language
JavaScript
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Forks
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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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