Steve Petrie wrote: > On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 2:32:40 AM UTC-5, Kev Dwyer wrote: >> Hello List, >> >> >> >> I have to build a simple web service which will: >> >> >> >> - receive queries from our other servers >> >> - forward the requests to a third party SOAP service >> >> - process the response from the third party >> >> - send the result back to the original requester >> >> >> >> >From the point of view of the requester, this will happen within the >> >scope >> >> of a single request. >> >> >> >> The data exchanged with the original requester will likely be encoded as >> >> JSON; the SOAP service will be handled by SUDS. >> >> >> >> The load is likely to be quite light, say a few requests per hour, though >> >> this may increase in the future. >> >> >> >> Given these requirements, what do you think might be a suitable software >> >> stack, i.e. webserver and web framework (if a web framework is even >> >> necessary)? >> >> >> >> Candidates should be compatible with Python2.7, though I'd be happy to >> >> consider Python 3 if anyone knows of a Python3 SOAP library that has good >> >> WSDL support. >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> Kev > > I'm using the Bottle web framework (http://bottlepy.org) to integrate > requests and replies originating in a Drupal site, a Beanstream (payment > processor) account, and a Salesforce instance. > > Communication with Salesforce is done through the Salesforce Python > Toolkit (http://code.google.com/p/salesforce-python-toolkit/), which uses > Suds. > > Communication with the Drupal site uses Python's (and PHP's on the Drupal > side) native JSON support. > > This is under Python 2.6.8 and Apache 2.2.23 running on an AWS EC2 > instance. > > No (major) problems so far, though still in the early stages of this > project. > > Steve > > > > I chose Bottle after trying a few other frameworks because, well, I can't > remember exactly why, though thinking back it's probably because of the > clarity of Bottle's approach and the simplicity of the documentation.
Hello Steve, Thanks for your comment. I'm curious, did you consider any web servers other than Apache? Kev -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
