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bz_webservice_demo.pl

NAME

bz_webservice_demo.pl - Show how to talk to Bugzilla via XMLRPC

SYNOPSIS

bz_webservice_demo.pl [options]

bz_webservice_demo.pl --help for detailed help

OPTIONS

--help, -h, -?

Print a short help message and exit.

--uri

URI to Bugzilla's xmlrpc.cgi script, along the lines of http://your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi.

--login

Bugzilla login name. Specify this together with --password in order to log in.

Specify this without a value in order to log out.

--password

Bugzilla password. Specify this together with --login in order to log in.

--rememberlogin

Gives access to Bugzilla's “Bugzilla_remember” option. Specify this option while logging in to do the same thing as ticking the Bugzilla_remember box on Bugilla's log in form. Don't specify this option to do the same thing as unchecking the box.

See Bugzilla's rememberlogin parameter for details.

--bug_id

Pass a bug ID to have bz_webservice_demo.pl do some bug-related test calls.

--product_name

Pass a product name to have bz_webservice_demo.pl do some product-related test calls.

DESCRIPTION

Initialization

Using the XMLRPC::Lite class, you set up a proxy, as shown in this script. Bugzilla's XMLRPC URI ends in xmlrpc.cgi, so your URI looks along the lines of http://your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi.

Checking Bugzilla's version

To make sure the Bugzilla you're connecting to supports the methods you wish to call, you may want to compare the result of Bugzilla.version to the minimum required version your application needs.

Logging In and Out

Using Bugzilla's Environment Authentication

Use a http://login:password@your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi style URI. You don't log out if you're using this kind of authentication.

Using Bugzilla's CGI Variable Authentication

Use the User.login and User.logout calls to log in and out, as shown in this script.

The Bugzilla_remember parameter is optional. If omitted, Bugzilla's defaults apply (as specified by its rememberlogin parameter).

Bugzilla hands back cookies you'll need to pass along during your work calls.

Retrieving Bug Information

Call Bug.get_bug with the ID of the bug you want to know more of. The call will return a Bugzilla::Bug object.

Retrieving Product Information

Call Product.get_product with the name of the product you want to know more of. The call will return a Bugzilla::Product object.

NOTES

Character Set Encoding

Make sure that your application either uses the same character set encoding as Bugzilla does, or that it converts correspondingly when using the web service API. By default, Bugzilla uses UTF-8 as its character set encoding.

SEE ALSO

There are code comments in bz_webservice_demo.pl which might be of further help to you.

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