On-the-fly reading from SOAP/REST web service in the Game Engine?

Hi blenders!

I got this idea for a 3D webshop, and I would like to integrate it with a online webservice which outputs XML of lists of products. In the webshop administration I can include a path to files, such as object models (stuff like obj, 3ds or collada etc.). My question is this (and forgive me for posting it in the wrong section);

Is it possible to read from a webservice or an external file in any way and then show text, models etc in the game engine? When starting up the game engine I can read i.ex. a product list, and when clicking on those products, it makes a query to the webshop for more in-depth specifications on that product.

Thanks for helping out guys!

Yep, quite possible.

Uncle Entity: Great to know, thanks :slight_smile: Anyone got a clue on where to start looking for some info on this? Anything at all that’ll point me in the right direction is much appreciated. I’m not very familiar with python, so if someone have tried something like this before, I’d be very interested in seeing some of the codes for it, if you’re willing to share it that is!

BTW: Would this kind of importing be a part of the new API for Blender 2.5, and all the 2.49-tutorials and documentation on the subject be obsolete?