Simple XML RPC Server Example with functions : XML RPC « Network « Python Tutorial

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from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer, SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
from SocketServer import ForkingMixIn

class Math:
    def pow(self, x, y):
        return pow(x, y)

    def hex(self, x):
        return "%x" % x

    def sortlist(self, l):
        l = list(l)
        l.sort()
        return l

class ForkingServer(ForkingMixIn, SimpleXMLRPCServer):
    pass

serveraddr = ('', 8765)
srvr = ForkingServer(serveraddr, SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler)
srvr.register_instance(Math())
srvr.register_introspection_functions()
srvr.register_function(int)
srvr.register_function(list.sort)      # Won't work!
srvr.serve_forever()