PyAMF AMF support for Python PyAMF_ provides Action Message Format (AMF_) support for Python_ that is compatible with the `Adobe Flash Player`_. It includes integration with Python web frameworks like Pylons_, Twisted_, SQLAlchemy_, web2py_ and more_. The `Adobe Integrated Runtime`_ and `Adobe Flash Player`_ use AMF to communicate between an application and a remote server. AMF encodes remote procedure calls (RPC) into a compact binary representation that can be transferred over HTTP/HTTPS or the `RTMP/RTMPS`_ protocol. Objects and data values are serialized into this binary format, which increases performance, allowing applications to load data up to 10 times faster than with text-based formats such as XML or SOAP. AMF3, the default serialization for ActionScript_ 3.0, provides various advantages over AMF0, which is used for ActionScript 1.0 and 2.0. AMF3 sends data over the network more efficiently than AMF0. AMF3 supports sending ``int`` and ``uint`` objects as integers and supports data types that are available only in ActionScript 3.0, such as ByteArray_, ArrayCollection_, ObjectProxy_ and IExternalizable_. .. _PyAMF: http://www.pyamf.org .. _AMF: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_Message_Format .. _Python: http://python.org .. _Adobe Flash Player: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_Player .. _Django: http://djangoproject.com .. _Pylons: http://pylonshq.com .. _Twisted: http://twistedmatrix.com .. _SQLAlchemy: http://sqlalchemy.org .. _web2py: http://www.web2py.com .. _more: http://pyamf.org/wiki/Examples#Python .. _Adobe Integrated Runtime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_AIR .. _RTMP/RTMPS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Time_Messaging_Protocol .. _ActionScript: http://pyamf.org/wiki/ActionScript .. _ByteArray: http://pyamf.org/wiki/ByteArray .. _ArrayCollection: http://pyamf.org/wiki/ArrayCollection .. _ObjectProxy: http://pyamf.org/wiki/ObjectProxy .. _IExternalizable: http://pyamf.org/wiki/IExternalizable http://download.pyamf.org The PyAMF Project e284b86570edb6006b6def89e2a620c0f14f86f6 0.5.1