xmlrpclib/python and fault codes

[Skip Montanaro]

    Derek> Can anyone out there tell me how to check for a fault
    Derek> response from an xml-rpc server using the xmlrpclib
    Derek> python module?

Does something like this work?

    try:
        server.method(args)
    except xmlrpclib.Fault, f:
        print "code:", f.faultCode
        print "string:", f.faultString

If the faultCode isn't helpful, you can pick apart the faultString.

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