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"Does distributed computing have to be any harder than this? I don't think so." -- Byte.

What is XML-RPC?

XML-RPC Directory

	Specifications
	Implementations
	Services
	Blogging APIs
	Communities
	Tutorials/Press

It's a spec and a set of implementations that allow software running on disparate operating systems, running in different environments to make procedure calls over the Internet.

It's remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned.

The XML-RPC community

implementations page

The implementations page lists the accomplishments of the community, a set of compatible XML-RPC implementations that span all operating systems, programming languages, dynamic and static environments, open source and commercial, for Perl, Python, Java, Frontier, C/C++, Lisp, PHP, Microsoft .NET, Rebol, Real Basic, Tcl, Delphi, WebObjects and Zope, and more are coming all the time.

services page

The services page lists the next-level-up, public applications, or "web services" that are accessible through XML-RPC.

communities page

The communities page tries to organize all the activity around XML-RPC on mail lists, websites and search engines.

tutorials/press page

Finally, the tutorials/press page points to articles written about XML-RPC.

How to participate

XML-RPC HowTo

Read Eric Kidd's fantastic XML-RPC HowTo.

mail list

Join the mail list, or become a member of this site, and post an introduction or ask a question.

Each page with links in this directory has an easy Suggest-A-Link feature, look towards the bottom of the page, click the link, fill in the form, click on Submit.

XML-RPC Validator

Test your implementation on the XML-RPC Validator page.

Referers page

See who's linking to us on the Referers page.

Lest anyone forget

Frontier

The first implementation of XML-RPC was in Frontier, in April 1998. ">