XML-RPC + SimpleHTTPServer question

[Fredrik Lundh]

jbrewer wrote:

> I'm currently implementing an XML-RPC service in Python where binary
> data is sent to the server via URLs.  However, some clients that need
> to access the server may not have access to a web server, and I need to
> find a solution.  I came up with the idea of embedding a simple HTTP
> server in the XML-RPC clients so that files can be sent in the
> following way:
> 
> 1.  Start an HTTP server on the client using e.g SImpleHTTPServer on a
> user allowed port
> 2.  Call XML-RPC server with the URL to the file on the client to
> upload
> 3.  Get XML-RPC server response, then shut down HTTP server on client
> 
> Does this sound reasonable?

why not just use an ordinary HTTP POST request ?

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