[wp-xmlrpc] GSOC Proposal - Extending WordPress Remote API

[prasath nadarajah]

Hi Jorge
Thanks for the feedback!!!
I would really love to see what the mobile team is expecting in XMLRPC
improvements.
I will include these idea in my proposal.
I posted a draft proposal with the new API in my blog.
http://nprasath.com/wordpress-remote-api/

check it there and drop comments.

cheers



On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 7:53 PM, Jorge Bernal <jorge at automattic.com> wrote:

> Sounds great, XMLRPC could use some love ;)
>
> I plan to gather some ideas for improvements from the mobile team in
> the following weeks.
> Besides adding missing features, my main concern right now is trying
> to reduce redundant calls and minimize traffic: I'd bet nobody was
> thinking of 3G when the api was invented.
>
> Some ideas for now:
> * Add a "since" attribute to methods like wp.getRecentPosts,
> wp.getComments, so we can check for new stuff without downloading
> everything again. Started at
> http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16882
> * wp.getLatestActivity - get posts/comments since a given date. Maybe
> even add categories or anything that changed, so syncing would involve
> one call only
> * wp.quickPost - merge newPost and newMediaObject, so publishing a
> picture can be done with just one call. Maybe quickPost is not the
> best name for it, but roughly that's the idea
>
> As for obsolete APIs, many of the wp.* methods use the mw, mt, or
> blogger implementations. Nothing should be removed to maintain
> compatibility, but the wp.* API should be able to leave those
> implementations behind
>
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 7:01 PM, prasath nadarajah
> <n.prasath.002 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi hackers,
> >
> > I,m interested in working on extending WordPress xmlrpc capabilities for
> > this years GSOC. I came up with some ideas for improving the current API.
> > Please let me know what you think of these ideas and possible additions
> to
> > this project. Thank You.
>
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