From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 15:39:45 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:39:45 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] Help with the XML-RPC API - Managing Posts
Message-ID: <AANLkTinEKNKpdZTos42_tig3fH72rcETmqqK6fl5FYzk@mail.gmail.com>

Hello,

I've got all the functions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_wp working
just fine... However, I noticed there aren't any functions for
adding/deleting/editing/retrieving actual posts. How is that supposed to be
handled? It mentions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Support that
Wordpress supports the Blogger API (and others) and those do have functions
for working with posts. It doesn't make sense to me that you have to use
another systems API in order to make a post.

Regardless, I tried to use the function blogger.newPost to create a post and
it keeps telling me the username and password is incorrect. All the calls I
make to wp.* functions work just fine with my username and password. Am I
missing something obvious here?

Thanks for the help!
Tim
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From eric at eamann.com  Tue Jun 15 15:54:16 2010
From: eric at eamann.com (eric at eamann.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 08:54:16 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] Help with the XML-RPC API - Managing Posts
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A lot of the reason for using another system's API is so that we don't have to
reinvent the wheel.  If someone else has already built an API that works, why
invest the time required to duplicate it?
 
But after looking over the documentation, it looks like you'd have better luck
using the metaWeblog API than the Blogger API (The descriptions of page-related
functions heavily reference metaWeblog, so that's where I started).
 
I'd recommend trying:
 
metaWeblog.newPost(blogid, username, password, struct, publish)
metaWeblog.editPost(postid, username, password, struct, publish)
meatWeblog.getPost(postid, username, password)
 

On June 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I've got all the functions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_wp working
> just fine... However, I noticed there aren't any functions for
> adding/deleting/editing/retrieving actual posts. How is that supposed to be
> handled? It mentions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Support that
> Wordpress supports the Blogger API (and others) and those do have functions
> for working with posts. It doesn't make sense to me that you have to use
> another systems API in order to make a post.
>
> Regardless, I tried to use the function blogger.newPost to create a post and
> it keeps telling me the username and password is incorrect. All the calls I
> make to wp.* functions work just fine with my username and password. Am I
> missing something obvious here?
>
> Thanks for the help!
> Tim
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From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 16:07:12 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:07:12 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] Help with the XML-RPC API - Managing Posts
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Eric,

Thanks for the response. I completely understand the "don't reinvent the
wheel", it's just the documentation doesn't say anything about that, so I
wasn't sure if that was the conclusion I was supposed to come to. Thanks for
clearing it up! I'll take a look at the metaweblog API and see if I can get
that working.

Tim

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:54 AM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:

>  A lot of the reason for using another system's API is so that we don't
> have to reinvent the wheel.  If someone else has already built an API that
> works, why invest the time required to duplicate it?
>
>
>
> But after looking over the documentation, it looks like you'd have better
> luck using the metaWeblog API than the Blogger API (The descriptions of
> page-related functions heavily reference metaWeblog, so that's where I
> started).
>
>
>
> I'd recommend trying:
>
>
>
> metaWeblog.newPost(blogid, username, password, struct, publish)
>
> metaWeblog.editPost(postid, username, password, struct, publish)
>
> meatWeblog.getPost(postid, username, password)
>
>
> On June 15, 2010 at 3:39 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I've got all the functions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_wpworking
> > just fine... However, I noticed there aren't any functions for
> > adding/deleting/editing/retrieving actual posts. How is that supposed to
> be
> > handled? It mentions at http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_Support that
> > Wordpress supports the Blogger API (and others) and those do have
> functions
> > for working with posts. It doesn't make sense to me that you have to use
> > another systems API in order to make a post.
> >
> > Regardless, I tried to use the function blogger.newPost to create a post
> and
> > it keeps telling me the username and password is incorrect. All the calls
> I
> > make to wp.* functions work just fine with my username and password. Am I
> > missing something obvious here?
> >
> > Thanks for the help!
> > Tim
>
> _______________________________________________
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> wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
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From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 17:51:41 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:51:41 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
Message-ID: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>

Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's already
been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up with a
404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.

Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to do
something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.

Thanks,
Tim
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From jalkut at red-sweater.com  Tue Jun 15 17:52:15 2010
From: jalkut at red-sweater.com (Daniel Jalkut)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:52:15 -0400
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] Help with the XML-RPC API - Managing Posts
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin1H9AFdBwQ68gZtlFvxulU_UbMiKQEJUPVs43v@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Tim - conceptually you have to understand that historically as new APIs have been added, the teams responsible for adding them have built upon a previous API, but named their new APIs to make it clear they are not part of the previous API "standard" (loosest possible sense).

So every API implemented by WordPress is a rough superset of the previous API, in order from oldest to newest:

Blogger -> MetaWeblog -> Movable Type -> WordPress

Typically as a client you would want to use the API method that works for you, and is farthest to the right in the order above.

It's definitely confusing and a mess, but it always has been and cleaning it up now might just make things worse :) 

Daniel

On Jun 15, 2010, at 12:07pm, Tim Golen wrote:

> Thanks for the response. I completely understand the "don't reinvent the wheel", it's just the documentation doesn't say anything about that, so I wasn't sure if that was the conclusion I was supposed to come to. Thanks for clearing it up! I'll take a look at the metaweblog API and see if I can get that working.
> 



From eric at eamann.com  Tue Jun 15 18:26:45 2010
From: eric at eamann.com (eric at eamann.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:26:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <2134051804.12817.1276626405835.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw05.schlund.de>

I'm not sure what you mean by PHP library ... but I'm assuming you mean a
reference of some kind?
 
 
Your best bet would be a PHP Xref site that's specific to WordPress (like this
one: http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?_functions/index.html).  Then
you can navigate all of the functions and documentation a will.  The files I see
you looking through the most often would be xmlrpc.php and
wp-includes/class-IXR.php ...
 
But if you mean "library" in some other context, please explain ...
 

On June 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:

> Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
> running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's already
> been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up with a
> 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
>
> Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to do
> something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
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From glenn at fullthrottledevelopment.com  Tue Jun 15 18:38:18 2010
From: glenn at fullthrottledevelopment.com (Glenn Ansley)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:38:18 -0400
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
In-Reply-To: <2134051804.12817.1276626405835.JavaMail.open-xchange@oxusltgw05.schlund.de>
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In my experience the "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again."
string usually means your hitting a PHP error is your code. Anything
from a missed semicolon to calling an undefined function.

Hope that helps.

Glenn Ansley
http://fullthrottledevelopment.com
http://twitter.com/glennansley

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:26 PM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure what you mean by PHP library ... but I'm assuming you mean a
> reference of some kind?
>
>
>
>
>
> Your best bet would be a PHP Xref site that's specific to WordPress (like
> this one:
> http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?_functions/index.html).  Then
> you can navigate all of the functions and documentation a will.  The files I
> see you looking through the most often would be xmlrpc.php and
> wp-includes/class-IXR.php ...
>
>
>
> But if you mean "library" in some other context, please explain ...
>
>
>
> On June 15, 2010 at 5:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
>
>> Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
>> running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's already
>> been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up with
>> a
>> 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
>>
>> Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to
>> do
>> something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
>
>


From joseph at josephscott.org  Tue Jun 15 18:37:59 2010
From: joseph at josephscott.org (Joseph Scott)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:37:59 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <AANLkTinYr_Gl2VwOoP32aWH35vbxjsk5a7-anWspaNNj@mail.gmail.com>

There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of all
the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific methods
that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
library, which is what WordPress uses.

The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC details
and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much in
the of PHP ones.

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
> running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's already
> been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up with a
> 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
> Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to do
> something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.



-- 
Joseph Scott
joseph at josephscott.org
http://josephscott.org/


From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 18:51:05 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:51:05 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinYr_Gl2VwOoP32aWH35vbxjsk5a7-anWspaNNj@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTim8xkY12AoMJLVlCZ_FaHOJxHU0TIwAIV3YRPoj@mail.gmail.com>
	<AANLkTinYr_Gl2VwOoP32aWH35vbxjsk5a7-anWspaNNj@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Joseph,

Right on, that's exactly what I needed to know.

I've been using http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307 for the XML-RPC (lower
level) API, and then building my own PHP library on top of that (with the
Wordpress functions). I'll go and check out the IXR library to see if that
helps.

All of the calls that I am making that pull data from Wordpress are working
fine. It's just when trying to create data (wp.newComment, wp.newCategory,
metaWeblog.newPost) they are all giving me similar data errors:

Sorry, the new category failed.

Invalid Data: Please go back and try again.

Content, title, and excerpt are empty.

I've been debugging the thing to death and still can't get any closer. I
have a feeling that it has something to do with how the struct datatypes are
being encoded in the XML-RPC portion. Here is a sample of my code:


$this->makeRequest(
'wp.newComment',
array(
new xmlrpcval($blogId),
new xmlrpcval($this->username),
new xmlrpcval($this->password),
new xmlrpcval($postId),
xmlrpc_encode(array(
'comment_parent'=>intval(0),
'content'=>strval($comment->content),
'author'=>strval($comment->author),
'author_url'=>strval($comment->author_url),
'author_email'=>strval($comment->author_email)
)),
));

The structure containing the comment information ends up being encoded to
this:

<params>
<param>
 <value>
  <struct>
   <member>
    <name>comment_parent</name>
    <value>
     <int>0</int>

    </value>
   </member>
   <member>
    <name>content</name>
    <value>
     <string>comment</string>
    </value>
   </member>

   <member>
    <name>author</name>
    <value>
     <string>Tim</string>
    </value>
   </member>
   <member>
    <name>author_url</name>

    <value>
     <string>http://www.golen.net/blog</string>
    </value>
   </member>
   <member>
    <name>author_email</name>
    <value>
     <string>tim at golen.net</string>

    </value>
   </member>
  </struct>
 </value>
</param>
</params>


And all that is encoded the way they discuss it at
http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307. I'll take a look at the IXR library
and see if that does any better of a job. I appreciate all of your help and
suggestions with this! Once I get the PHP library built, I think it would be
an invaluable resource to post on the Wordpress site somewhere.

Tim

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Scott <joseph at josephscott.org>wrote:

> There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
> APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of all
> the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific methods
> that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
> library, which is what WordPress uses.
>
> The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC details
> and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
> Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much in
> the of PHP ones.
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
> > running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's
> already
> > been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up
> with a
> > 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
> > Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to
> do
> > something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.
>
>
>
> --
> Joseph Scott
> joseph at josephscott.org
> http://josephscott.org/
> _______________________________________________
> wp-xmlrpc mailing list
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From eric at eamann.com  Tue Jun 15 19:06:52 2010
From: eric at eamann.com (eric at eamann.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:06:52 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimlaQ653Sij7koMU6YyfqAI3_PtgBj41Y_ip_z2@mail.gmail.com>
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OK, now I understand what you're doing.
 
When I first started working with WordPress and XMLRPC, I tried building my own
library ... it was taking a long time, and I ran into many of the issues you're
running in to now.  Someone suggested I use the built-in IXR library instead,
and it made all the difference.
 
Here's a simple example:
 
include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php');
 
$client = new IXR_Client('destinantion_url');
 
$client->query('procedure.name', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3', ...);
 
$response = $client->getResponse();
 
That will load the library, create a new client pointing at whatever WP
installation you're working with, execute your remote procedure, and store the
response (errors, data, or whatever) in the $response variable.
 
 

On June 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:

> Hi Joseph,
>
> Right on, that's exactly what I needed to know.
>
> I've been using http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307 for the XML-RPC (lower
> level) API, and then building my own PHP library on top of that (with the
> Wordpress functions). I'll go and check out the IXR library to see if that
> helps.
>
> All of the calls that I am making that pull data from Wordpress are working
> fine. It's just when trying to create data (wp.newComment, wp.newCategory,
> metaWeblog.newPost) they are all giving me similar data errors:
>
> Sorry, the new category failed.
>
> Invalid Data: Please go back and try again.
>
> Content, title, and excerpt are empty.
>
> I've been debugging the thing to death and still can't get any closer. I
> have a feeling that it has something to do with how the struct datatypes are
> being encoded in the XML-RPC portion. Here is a sample of my code:
>
>
> $this->makeRequest(
> 'wp.newComment',
> array(
> new xmlrpcval($blogId),
> new xmlrpcval($this->username),
> new xmlrpcval($this->password),
> new xmlrpcval($postId),
> xmlrpc_encode(array(
> 'comment_parent'=>intval(0),
> 'content'=>strval($comment->content),
> 'author'=>strval($comment->author),
> 'author_url'=>strval($comment->author_url),
> 'author_email'=>strval($comment->author_email)
> )),
> ));
>
> The structure containing the comment information ends up being encoded to
> this:
>
> <params>
> <param>
>  <value>
>   <struct>
>    <member>
>     <name>comment_parent</name>
>     <value>
>      <int>0</int>
>
>     </value>
>    </member>
>    <member>
>     <name>content</name>
>     <value>
>      <string>comment</string>
>     </value>
>    </member>
>
>    <member>
>     <name>author</name>
>     <value>
>      <string>Tim</string>
>     </value>
>    </member>
>    <member>
>     <name>author_url</name>
>
>     <value>
>      <string>http://www.golen.net/blog</string>
>     </value>
>    </member>
>    <member>
>     <name>author_email</name>
>     <value>
>      <string>tim at golen.net</string>
>
>     </value>
>    </member>
>   </struct>
>  </value>
> </param>
> </params>
>
>
> And all that is encoded the way they discuss it at
> http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307. I'll take a look at the IXR library
> and see if that does any better of a job. I appreciate all of your help and
> suggestions with this! Once I get the PHP library built, I think it would be
> an invaluable resource to post on the Wordpress site somewhere.
>
> Tim
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Scott <joseph at josephscott.org>wrote:
>
> > There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
> > APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of all
> > the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific methods
> > that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
> > library, which is what WordPress uses.
> >
> > The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC details
> > and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
> > Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much in
> > the of PHP ones.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > > Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm still
> > > running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's
> > already
> > > been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up
> > with a
> > > 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
> > > Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying to
> > do
> > > something rather simple like create a comment can get really frustrating.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Joseph Scott
> > joseph at josephscott.org
> > http://josephscott.org/
> > _______________________________________________
> > wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> > wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
> >
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From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 19:20:29 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:20:29 -0600
Subject: [wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
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Thanks Eric! How did you handle the areguments with struct datatypes like
for creating a new category? Do you just pass in a array with key=>val pairs
or do you have to do special encoding?

Tim

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:

>  OK, now I understand what you're doing.
>
>
>
> When I first started working with WordPress and XMLRPC, I tried building my
> own library ... it was taking a long time, and I ran into many of the issues
> you're running in to now.  Someone suggested I use the built-in IXR library
> instead, and it made all the difference.
>
>
>
> Here's a simple example:
>
>
>
> include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php');
>
>
>
> $client = new IXR_Client('destinantion_url');
>
>
>
> $client->query('procedure.name', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3', ...);
>
>
>
> $response = $client->getResponse();
>
>
>
> That will load the library, create a new client pointing at whatever WP
> installation you're working with, execute your remote procedure, and store
> the response (errors, data, or whatever) in the $response variable.
>
>
>
>
>  On June 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Joseph,
> >
> > Right on, that's exactly what I needed to know.
> >
> > I've been using http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307 for the XML-RPC
> (lower
> > level) API, and then building my own PHP library on top of that (with the
> > Wordpress functions). I'll go and check out the IXR library to see if
> that
> > helps.
> >
> > All of the calls that I am making that pull data from Wordpress are
> working
> > fine. It's just when trying to create data (wp.newComment,
> wp.newCategory,
> > metaWeblog.newPost) they are all giving me similar data errors:
> >
> > Sorry, the new category failed.
> >
> > Invalid Data: Please go back and try again.
> >
> > Content, title, and excerpt are empty.
> >
> > I've been debugging the thing to death and still can't get any closer. I
> > have a feeling that it has something to do with how the struct datatypes
> are
> > being encoded in the XML-RPC portion. Here is a sample of my code:
> >
> >
> > $this->makeRequest(
> > 'wp.newComment',
> > array(
> > new xmlrpcval($blogId),
> > new xmlrpcval($this->username),
> > new xmlrpcval($this->password),
> > new xmlrpcval($postId),
> > xmlrpc_encode(array(
> > 'comment_parent'=>intval(0),
> > 'content'=>strval($comment->content),
> > 'author'=>strval($comment->author),
> > 'author_url'=>strval($comment->author_url),
> > 'author_email'=>strval($comment->author_email)
> > )),
> > ));
> >
> > The structure containing the comment information ends up being encoded to
> > this:
> >
> > <params>
> > <param>
> >  <value>
> >   <struct>
> >    <member>
> >     <name>comment_parent</name>
> >     <value>
> >      <int>0</int>
> >
> >     </value>
> >    </member>
> >    <member>
> >     <name>content</name>
> >     <value>
> >      <string>comment</string>
> >     </value>
> >    </member>
> >
> >    <member>
> >     <name>author</name>
> >     <value>
> >      <string>Tim</string>
> >     </value>
> >    </member>
> >    <member>
> >     <name>author_url</name>
> >
> >     <value>
> >      <string>http://www.golen.net/blog</string>
> >     </value>
> >    </member>
> >    <member>
> >     <name>author_email</name>
> >     <value>
> >      <string>tim at golen.net</string>
> >
> >     </value>
> >    </member>
> >   </struct>
> >  </value>
> > </param>
> > </params>
> >
> >
> > And all that is encoded the way they discuss it at
> > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307. I'll take a look at the IXR
> library
> > and see if that does any better of a job. I appreciate all of your help
> and
> > suggestions with this! Once I get the PHP library built, I think it would
> be
> > an invaluable resource to post on the Wordpress site somewhere.
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Scott <joseph at josephscott.org
> >wrote:
> >
> > > There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
> > > APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of all
> > > the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific methods
> > > that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
> > > library, which is what WordPress uses.
> > >
> > > The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC details
> > > and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
> > > Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much in
> > > the of PHP ones.
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > > > Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm
> still
> > > > running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's
> > > already
> > > > been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up
> > > with a
> > > > 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
> > > > Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying
> to
> > > do
> > > > something rather simple like create a comment can get really
> frustrating.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Joseph Scott
> > > joseph at josephscott.org
> > > http://josephscott.org/
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> > > wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> > > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
> > >
>
> _______________________________________________
> wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
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From eric at eamann.com  Tue Jun 15 19:39:08 2010
From: eric at eamann.com (eric at eamann.com)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 12:39:08 -0700 (PDT)
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Tim,
 
I haven't worked specifically with struct datatypes (in reality, most of the
time I just build my own procedure on the server I'm working with) ... but the
documentation says you can use them.
 
Here's the full documentation for the IXR library if you want to take a crack at
it: http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/manual.php  Just be sure to post your
solution here so we can all learn from you :-)
 
~Eric
 

On June 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:

> Thanks Eric! How did you handle the areguments with struct datatypes like
> for creating a new category? Do you just pass in a array with key=>val pairs
> or do you have to do special encoding?
>
> Tim
>
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:
>
> >  OK, now I understand what you're doing.
> >
> >
> >
> > When I first started working with WordPress and XMLRPC, I tried building my
> > own library ... it was taking a long time, and I ran into many of the issues
> > you're running in to now.  Someone suggested I use the built-in IXR library
> > instead, and it made all the difference.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here's a simple example:
> >
> >
> >
> > include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php');
> >
> >
> >
> > $client = new IXR_Client('destinantion_url');
> >
> >
> >
> > $client->query('procedure.name', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3', ...);
> >
> >
> >
> > $response = $client->getResponse();
> >
> >
> >
> > That will load the library, create a new client pointing at whatever WP
> > installation you're working with, execute your remote procedure, and store
> > the response (errors, data, or whatever) in the $response variable.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >  On June 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Joseph,
> > >
> > > Right on, that's exactly what I needed to know.
> > >
> > > I've been using http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307 for the XML-RPC
> > (lower
> > > level) API, and then building my own PHP library on top of that (with the
> > > Wordpress functions). I'll go and check out the IXR library to see if
> > that
> > > helps.
> > >
> > > All of the calls that I am making that pull data from Wordpress are
> > working
> > > fine. It's just when trying to create data (wp.newComment,
> > wp.newCategory,
> > > metaWeblog.newPost) they are all giving me similar data errors:
> > >
> > > Sorry, the new category failed.
> > >
> > > Invalid Data: Please go back and try again.
> > >
> > > Content, title, and excerpt are empty.
> > >
> > > I've been debugging the thing to death and still can't get any closer. I
> > > have a feeling that it has something to do with how the struct datatypes
> > are
> > > being encoded in the XML-RPC portion. Here is a sample of my code:
> > >
> > >
> > > $this->makeRequest(
> > > 'wp.newComment',
> > > array(
> > > new xmlrpcval($blogId),
> > > new xmlrpcval($this->username),
> > > new xmlrpcval($this->password),
> > > new xmlrpcval($postId),
> > > xmlrpc_encode(array(
> > > 'comment_parent'=>intval(0),
> > > 'content'=>strval($comment->content),
> > > 'author'=>strval($comment->author),
> > > 'author_url'=>strval($comment->author_url),
> > > 'author_email'=>strval($comment->author_email)
> > > )),
> > > ));
> > >
> > > The structure containing the comment information ends up being encoded to
> > > this:
> > >
> > > <params>
> > > <param>
> > >  <value>
> > >   <struct>
> > >    <member>
> > >     <name>comment_parent</name>
> > >     <value>
> > >      <int>0</int>
> > >
> > >     </value>
> > >    </member>
> > >    <member>
> > >     <name>content</name>
> > >     <value>
> > >      <string>comment</string>
> > >     </value>
> > >    </member>
> > >
> > >    <member>
> > >     <name>author</name>
> > >     <value>
> > >      <string>Tim</string>
> > >     </value>
> > >    </member>
> > >    <member>
> > >     <name>author_url</name>
> > >
> > >     <value>
> > >      <string>http://www.golen.net/blog</string>
> > >     </value>
> > >    </member>
> > >    <member>
> > >     <name>author_email</name>
> > >     <value>
> > >      <string>tim at golen.net</string>
> > >
> > >     </value>
> > >    </member>
> > >   </struct>
> > >  </value>
> > > </param>
> > > </params>
> > >
> > >
> > > And all that is encoded the way they discuss it at
> > > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307. I'll take a look at the IXR
> > library
> > > and see if that does any better of a job. I appreciate all of your help
> > and
> > > suggestions with this! Once I get the PHP library built, I think it would
> > be
> > > an invaluable resource to post on the Wordpress site somewhere.
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Scott <joseph at josephscott.org
> > >wrote:
> > >
> > > > There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
> > > > APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of all
> > > > the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific methods
> > > > that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
> > > > library, which is what WordPress uses.
> > > >
> > > > The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC details
> > > > and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
> > > > Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much in
> > > > the of PHP ones.
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > > > > Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API? I'm
> > still
> > > > > running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if it's
> > > > already
> > > > > been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it comes up
> > > > with a
> > > > > 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since 2003.
> > > > > Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when trying
> > to
> > > > do
> > > > > something rather simple like create a comment can get really
> > frustrating.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Joseph Scott
> > > > joseph at josephscott.org
> > > > http://josephscott.org/
> > > > _______________________________________________
> > > > wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> > > > wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> > > > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
> > > >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > wp-xmlrpc mailing list
> > wp-xmlrpc at lists.automattic.com
> > http://lists.automattic.com/mailman/listinfo/wp-xmlrpc
> >
> >
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From tim at golen.net  Tue Jun 15 20:01:49 2010
From: tim at golen.net (Tim Golen)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:01:49 -0600
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Yay! Looks like it's working finally. I at least got a category created. Now
to move to the others. Thanks again for the help.

For the record, I was right about the struct datatype, just use an array
with key=>val pairs like this:

array(
'name'=>$category->name
)

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:39 PM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com> wrote:

>  Tim,
>
>
>
> I haven't worked specifically with struct datatypes (in reality, most of
> the time I just build my own procedure on the server I'm working with) ...
> but the documentation says you can use them.
>
>
>
> Here's the full documentation for the IXR library if you want to take a
> crack at it: http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/manual.php  Just be sure to
> post your solution here so we can all learn from you :-)
>
>
>
> ~Eric
>
>
>  On June 15, 2010 at 7:20 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Eric! How did you handle the areguments with struct datatypes like
> > for creating a new category? Do you just pass in a array with key=>val
> pairs
> > or do you have to do special encoding?
> >
> > Tim
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 1:06 PM, eric at eamann.com <eric at eamann.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > >  OK, now I understand what you're doing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > When I first started working with WordPress and XMLRPC, I tried
> building my
> > > own library ... it was taking a long time, and I ran into many of the
> issues
> > > you're running in to now.  Someone suggested I use the built-in IXR
> library
> > > instead, and it made all the difference.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's a simple example:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > include_once(ABSPATH . WPINC . '/class-IXR.php');
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > $client = new IXR_Client('destinantion_url');
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > $client->query('procedure.name', 'arg1', 'arg2', 'arg3', ...);
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > $response = $client->getResponse();
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > That will load the library, create a new client pointing at whatever WP
> > > installation you're working with, execute your remote procedure, and
> store
> > > the response (errors, data, or whatever) in the $response variable.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >  On June 15, 2010 at 6:51 PM Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Joseph,
> > > >
> > > > Right on, that's exactly what I needed to know.
> > > >
> > > > I've been using http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307 for the XML-RPC
> > > (lower
> > > > level) API, and then building my own PHP library on top of that (with
> the
> > > > Wordpress functions). I'll go and check out the IXR library to see if
> > > that
> > > > helps.
> > > >
> > > > All of the calls that I am making that pull data from Wordpress are
> > > working
> > > > fine. It's just when trying to create data (wp.newComment,
> > > wp.newCategory,
> > > > metaWeblog.newPost) they are all giving me similar data errors:
> > > >
> > > > Sorry, the new category failed.
> > > >
> > > > Invalid Data: Please go back and try again.
> > > >
> > > > Content, title, and excerpt are empty.
> > > >
> > > > I've been debugging the thing to death and still can't get any
> closer. I
> > > > have a feeling that it has something to do with how the struct
> datatypes
> > > are
> > > > being encoded in the XML-RPC portion. Here is a sample of my code:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > $this->makeRequest(
> > > > 'wp.newComment',
> > > > array(
> > > > new xmlrpcval($blogId),
> > > > new xmlrpcval($this->username),
> > > > new xmlrpcval($this->password),
> > > > new xmlrpcval($postId),
> > > > xmlrpc_encode(array(
> > > > 'comment_parent'=>intval(0),
> > > > 'content'=>strval($comment->content),
> > > > 'author'=>strval($comment->author),
> > > > 'author_url'=>strval($comment->author_url),
> > > > 'author_email'=>strval($comment->author_email)
> > > > )),
> > > > ));
> > > >
> > > > The structure containing the comment information ends up being
> encoded to
> > > > this:
> > > >
> > > > <params>
> > > > <param>
> > > >  <value>
> > > >   <struct>
> > > >    <member>
> > > >     <name>comment_parent</name>
> > > >     <value>
> > > >      <int>0</int>
> > > >
> > > >     </value>
> > > >    </member>
> > > >    <member>
> > > >     <name>content</name>
> > > >     <value>
> > > >      <string>comment</string>
> > > >     </value>
> > > >    </member>
> > > >
> > > >    <member>
> > > >     <name>author</name>
> > > >     <value>
> > > >      <string>Tim</string>
> > > >     </value>
> > > >    </member>
> > > >    <member>
> > > >     <name>author_url</name>
> > > >
> > > >     <value>
> > > >      <string>http://www.golen.net/blog</string>
> > > >     </value>
> > > >    </member>
> > > >    <member>
> > > >     <name>author_email</name>
> > > >     <value>
> > > >      <string>tim at golen.net</string>
> > > >
> > > >     </value>
> > > >    </member>
> > > >   </struct>
> > > >  </value>
> > > > </param>
> > > > </params>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > And all that is encoded the way they discuss it at
> > > > http://devzone.zend.com/article/1307. I'll take a look at the IXR
> > > library
> > > > and see if that does any better of a job. I appreciate all of your
> help
> > > and
> > > > suggestions with this! Once I get the PHP library built, I think it
> would
> > > be
> > > > an invaluable resource to post on the Wordpress site somewhere.
> > > >
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Joseph Scott <
> joseph at josephscott.org
> > > >wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > There are 2 different "levels" of libraries for the the WP XML-RPC
> > > > > APIs.  First, lower level XML-RPC only APIs.  These take care of
> all
> > > > > the XML-RPC work, but don't know anything about the specific
> methods
> > > > > that WordPress provides.  For that layer I recommend the PHP IXR
> > > > > library, which is what WordPress uses.
> > > > >
> > > > > The next level up are libraries both take care of the XML-RPC
> details
> > > > > and know about the various methods that WP exposes.  I've seen some
> > > > > Perl libraries that fit into this category, but I haven't seen much
> in
> > > > > the of PHP ones.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Tim Golen <tim at golen.net> wrote:
> > > > > > Is there already an existing PHP library for the Wordpress API?
> I'm
> > > still
> > > > > > running into problems and don't need to reinvent the wheel if
> it's
> > > > > already
> > > > > > been done. The MetaWeblog API mentions a PHP library, but it
> comes up
> > > > > with a
> > > > > > 404 error, and the MetaWeblog site hasn't been updated since
> 2003.
> > > > > > Errors like "Invalid Data: Please go back and try again." when
> trying
> > > to
> > > > > do
> > > > > > something rather simple like create a comment can get really
> > > frustrating.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Joseph Scott
> > > > > joseph at josephscott.org
> > > > > http://josephscott.org/
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