@xmlrpc_func(returns='struct[]', args=['string', 'string', 'string'])
def get_authors(apikey, username, password):
 authenticate(username, password)
 return [author_structure(author) for author in Author.objects.filter(is_staff=True)]

@ xmlrpc_func ( returns = 'struct[]' , args = [ 'string' , 'string' , 'string' ] ) def get_authors ( apikey , username , password ) : authenticate ( username , password ) return [ author_structure ( author ) for author in Author . objects . filter ( is_staff = True ) ]
return the published authors .