require 'soap/rpc/standaloneServer' class HelloWorldServer < SOAP::RPC::StandaloneServer def on_init add_method(self, 'hello_world', 'from') end def hello_world(from) "Hello World, from #{ from }" end end if $0 == __FILE__ server = HelloWorldServer.new('hws', 'urn:hws', '0.0.0.0', 17171) server.start end