From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2007-03-06T05:34:51+09:00
Subject: Re: XMLRPC Problem

On Tue, Mar 06, 2007 at 04:50:36AM +0900, Aa Aa wrote:
> I am trying to run a small test case here and it times out on me all the
> time:
> Here is my code:
> 
> require 'xmlrpc/client'
> require 'pp'
> 
> applicationName = "Demo AcceptanceTestingApp"
> server =
> XMLRPC::Client.new2("https://vwtest.oas.psu.edu/isapi/gi.dll/rpc2")
> result = server.call("blank","whatever",applicationName)
> pp result
> 
> The call just times out even though I have other programs in Python, CF
> working just fine.
> Is there any way to see what ruby sends to the server? I tried using
> HTTPAnalyzer, but it captures nothing.

If one side is Linux, try

   tcpdump -i eth0 -n -s0 -X tcp port 80

or install wireshark and use that (for a fluffy GUI interface).

If both sides are Windows, you can install wireshark, or its older cousin
ethereal.

HTH,

Brian.