xmlrpcdump.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# Poll an XML RPC server about its methods
import xmlrpclib, sys

SERVER=None
def discover():
	print "Capabilities:"
	print SERVER.system.capabilities()
	print SERVER.system.getCapabilities()
	print "Methods:"
	for method in SERVER.system.listMethods():
		sig=SERVER.system.methodSignature(method)
		help=SERVER.system.methodHelp(method)
		print "%s: '%s' (%s)" % (method,sig,help)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	SERVER=xmlrpclib.Server(sys.argv[1])
	discover()