Thanks Manish. Running it as an HTTPService or as a CGI would seem to be the easiest, and I'll give it a try. I had been thinking in terms of RemoteObject and hence my uncertainty on how to proceed, but HTTPService sure looks easier to implement from what I'm starting with.
> From: Manish Jethani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Integrating with Python > > dunwerkin wrote: > > Can anyone point me towards an example integrating Flex with Python? I > > have existing Python classes, etc that I hope to reuse so that I can > > feed in a data structure coming from a Flex front end and get back a > > new data structure to send to Flex for visualization. I'm not sure if > > I need to dive into learning how Jython works, or if there is a > > simpler way I'm missing. If the Jython route is recommended, any > > links would be great. > > You could set up your Python modules as services: > > 1. Web service on Tomcat? > 2. Simple CGI script that returns data in XML format. This can be > accessed from Flex using HTTPService. > > You could also try wrapping your Python module into Java using Jython, > and then access it using RemoteObject from Flex. I'd go for the service > way (HTTPService to keep it simple). > > Flex can also send data to your Python module via the CGI script in XML > format (using HTTP POST?) or as URL parameters (HTTP GET). > > Manish
