On Thursday, November 22, 2012 1:42:42 AM UTC-5, Kev Dwyer wrote: > 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
You're telling me that there are other web servers? ;) I didn't try any others seriously, no. My experience is with Apache and IIS, and I try to stay away from Windows. I should mention, given Dieter Maurer's comment, that Bottle is a (fairly thin) layer built over WSGI. I've built applications directly over WSGI as well; that's another way to go, it's quite straightforward. mod_python is no longer supported: http://blog.dscpl.com.au/2010/05/modpython-project-soon-to-be-officially.html. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
