Developers of Sympa

[Olivier Salaun <address@concealed>]

Hi,

Let me provide a bit more details about how Sympa SOAP server works ;
Mathieu Jan the developer of it might complete:
(For more info about SOAP and Web Services, see http://www.soaplite.com/)

Sympa's SOAP server includes all Sympa libraries so it does not have to
redefine configuration loading, commands behavior, authentication,...
It is written in Perl using SOAP::Lite module. Because it was initially 
written to interface Sympa with an e-vote program (mod_survey), currently 
it only implements a subset of Sympa's functions : 
        * isSubscriber() : tells if a user is subscribed to a list
        * amI() : tells if a user is owner of a list
        * review() : review a list's subscribers

But more will be integrated soon (subscribe(), unsubscribe(), which(),
set_option(), get_arc(),...)

An XML document (WSDL actually) defines completely what SympaSOAP service
consists of : 
http://listes.cru.fr/sympa/distribution/contrib/sympasoap/SympaSOAP-0.1/server/Sympa.wsdl

Currently authentication elements are provided as parameters to the SOAP 
methods (until
SAML is used). 
Example for Review function where an email (sender) and password are 
requested as part 
of the reviewRequest :
        <!-- This is defined in the Sympa.wsdl file --> 
        <message name="reviewRequest">
                <part name="list" type="xsd:string"/>
                <part name="robot" type="xsd:string"/>
                <part name="sender" type="xsd:string"/>
                <part name="password" type="xsd:string"/>
        </message>
        
        <message name="reviewResponse">
                <part name="return" type="xsdl:ArrayOfString"/>
        </message>

Here is a simple Perl script that does queries the Sympa SOAP server :
http://www.sympa.org/distribution/contrib/sympasoap/SympaSOAP-0.1/client.pl

SPIP could easily query a Sympa SOAP server to subscribe, unsubscribe
authors within SPIP.

SympaSOAP 0.1 is already available for download (not in CVS yet) and some
SOAP PHP libraries are under development : see 
http://dietrich.ganx4.com/nusoap/

We can provide SPIP developers with a sample list on sympa.org and a running
SympaSOAP daemon for testing purpose...

Aumont wrote:

> We have published a first version a Sympa Soap deamon. We hope
> it will the start of Sympa development to interface various
> application such as agenda. Why not start with the
> "marvellous SPIP" ?

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Olivier Salaün
Comité Réseau des Universités