[wp-hackers] XML-RPC

[Gaurav Aggarwal]

Sir ,

I am working out options for Move Wordpress plugin when source wordpress
installation doesn't provide with FTP details like wordpress.com. So i was
thinking whether settings could be transferred using xml-rpc.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:02 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:

> I'm not quite sure what you mean here.  RPC stands for Remote Procedure
> Call, so really you can make WordPress do just about anything via XML-RPC
> if
> you have the right method calls defined in the API.  How would you want it
> to act as a file access mechanism?
>
> We only implement things in core if they have a broad use.  If it's an edge
> use case, it's likely better suited for a plugin.
>
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:19 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal <gaurav91.2008 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > Is it possible for XML-RPC to act as a file access mechanism or just zip
> a
> > particular directory temporarily and later on delete in.
> > If yes then do wordpress already have such a capability ?
> > Can we implement such a capability in core ??
> >
> > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:42 PM, Eric Mann <eric at eam.me> wrote:
> >
> > > Only if the plug-in or theme extends the API.  There's no generic "get
> > all
> > > settings" call because it doesn't make sense to have one.  But any
> > plug-in
> > > and theme can add their own XML-RPC calls to the API.  It really
> depends
> > on
> > > what the author intends to do.
> > >
> > > On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 9:08 AM, Gaurav Aggarwal <
> > gaurav91.2008 at gmail.com
> > > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Can we obtain plug-in settings or theme settings using XML-RPC calls
> in
> > > > Wordpress ??
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > regards,
> > > >
> > > > Gaurav Aggarwal
> > > > IIIrd year student
> > > > Computers Engineering
> > > > Delhi College of Engineering
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-- 
regards,

Gaurav Aggarwal
IIIrd year student
Computers Engineering
Delhi College of Engineering