[wp-xmlrpc] PHP Library
eric at eamann.com
eric at eamann.com
Tue Jun 15 19:39:08 UTC 2010
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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