how to use XMLRPC in C#

Question

I need to make XMLRPC calls from my C# application and I failed to find any help with that. When I used XMLRPC from Ruby, it's that simple:

server = XMLRPC::Client.new2("http://server/api.php")
result = server.call("remote.procedure", [1, [['crit1', 'crit2', 'crit3']]])

is there any similar library for C#?

Aberdare

Answer 1

It's very simple to use the xml-rpc.net library, here is what you need to do:

[XmlRpcUrl("http://url_to_your_server/api.php")]
public interface ISumAndDiff : IXmlRpcProxy
{
    [XmlRpcMethod("your.remote.procedure")]
    string testMyClient(string test);
}

ISumAndDiff proxy = XmlRpcProxyGen.Create<ISumAndDiff>();

string ret = proxy.testMyClient("test");

Aberdare

I have only one nitpick with xml-rpc.net: it doesn't support optional parameters. – Tragopan

Answer 2

See if this library works for you
https://code.google.com/p/xmlrpcnet/

Atelectasis

The problem with this library is that its quite dated and isn't compatible with either Windows Store or Phone apps and doesn't support async as well. There aren't any alternatives I know of at this time. – Ostrich

This library is open source, and is readily available (code.google.com/p/xmlrpcnet/source/checkout). I'm sure you could fork it and port it to these newer and more recent platforms :) – Atelectasis