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WordPress-XMLRPC-1.11
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NAME

WordPress::XMLRPC

SYNOPSIS

use WordPress::XMLRPC;

my $o = WordPress:::XMLRPC->new({
  username => 'author1',
  password => 'superpass',
  proxy => 'http://mysite.com/xmlrpc.php',
});

my $post = $o->getPost(5); # id 5

# let's change the title
$post->{title} = 'I did not like the old title.';

# let's save the changes back to the server..
$o->editPost(5, $post, 1); # 1 is publish

DESCRIPTION

Interaction with xmlrpc.php as client.

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

optional arg is hash ref

before we open a connection with xmlrpc, we need to have username, password, and proxy in the object's data. You can provide this in the following ways..

my $o = WordPress:::XMLRPC->new({
  username => 'author1',
  password => 'superpass',
  proxy => 'http://mysite.com/xmlrpc.php',
});

Or..

  my $o = WordPress:::XMLRPC->new;  
  
  $o->username('author1');
  $o->password('superpass');
  $o->proxy('http://mysite.com/xmlrpc.php');

  $o->server 
     or die( 
        sprintf 'could not connect with %s:%s to %s',
           $self->username,
           $self->password,
           $self->proxy,
        );

METHODS

xmlrpc_methods()

returns array of methods in this package that make calls via xmlrpc

server_methods()

returns array of server methods accessible via xmlrpc.

username()

Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'username' to constructor, it is prepopulated.

my $username = $o->username;
$o->username('bill');

password()

Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'password' to constructor, it is prepopulated.

my $pw = $o->password;
$o->password('jim');

proxy()

Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'proxy' to constructor, it is prepopulated.

server()

Returns XMLRPC::Lite object. proxy() must be set

blog_id()

setget method, set to '1' by default

publish()

many methods use 'publish' boolean value, by default we set to 1 you can still pass a value for publish such as

$o->newPost( $content_hashref, 1 );

but you can also call

$o->newPost( $content_hashref );

As we said, by default it is set to 1, if you want to set the default to 0,

$o->publish(0);

errstr()

returns error string if a call fails

$o->newPost(@args) or die($o->errstr);

XML RPC METHODS

These methods specifically mirror the xmlrpc.php file provided by WordPress installations. This file sits on your website.

getPage()

takes 1 args: page_id (number)

returns page hashref struct(ure)

example return:

$val: {
        categories => [
                        'Uncategorized'
                      ],
        dateCreated => '20080121T12:38:30',
        date_created_gmt => '20080121T20:38:30',
        description => 'These are some interesting resources online.',
        excerpt => '',
        link => 'http://leocharre.com/perl-resources/',
        mt_allow_comments => '0',
        mt_allow_pings => '0',
        page_id => '87',
        page_status => 'publish',
        permaLink => 'http://leocharre.com/perl-resources/',
        text_more => '',
        title => 'Resources',
        userid => '2',
        wp_author => 'leocharre',
        wp_author_display_name => 'leocharre',
        wp_author_id => '2',
        wp_page_order => '0',
        wp_page_parent_id => '0',
        wp_page_parent_title => '',
        wp_password => '',
        wp_slug => 'perl-resources'
      }

This is the same struct hashref you would send to newPage()

getPages()

returns array ref each element is a hash ref same as getPage() returns. If you want less info, just basic info on each page, use getPageList()

newPage()

takes 2 args: page (hashref), publish (boolean) you can leave out publish, as discussed further in this documentation. the hashref must have at least a title and description returns page id (number, assigned by server).

deletePage()

takes 1 args: page_id (number) returns boolean (true or false)

editPage()

takes 2 args: page (hashref), publish(boolean) the page hashref is just as discussed in getPage()

you could use getPage(), edit the returned hashref, and resubmit with editPage()

my $page_hashref = $o->getPage(5);
$page_hashref->{title} = 'This is the New Title';

$o->editPage($page_hashref) or die( $o->errstr );

obviously the page id is in the page data (hashref), this is there inherently when you call getPage().

The same would be done with the posts.

getPageList()

returns array ref each element is a hash ref this is sort of a short version of getPages(), which returns all info for each.

example return:

$return_value: [
                 {
                   dateCreated => '20061113T11:08:22',
                   date_created_gmt => '20061113T19:08:22',
                   page_id => '2',
                   page_parent_id => '0',
                   page_title => 'About Moi'
                 },
                 {
                   dateCreated => '20080105T18:57:24',
                   date_created_gmt => '20080106T02:57:24',
                   page_id => '43',
                   page_parent_id => '74',
                   page_title => 'tree'
                 },
               ]

getAuthors()

takes no argument returns array ref, each element is a hashref

$return_value: [
                 {
                   display_name => 'leo',
                   user_id => '2',
                   user_login => 'leo'
                 },
                 {
                   display_name => 'chamon',
                   user_id => '3',
                   user_login => 'chamon'
                 }
               ]

getCategories()

takes no argument

$return_value: [
                 {
                   categoryId => '4',
                   categoryName => 'art',
                   description => 'art',
                   htmlUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/art/',
                   parentId => '0',
                   rssUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/art/feed/'
                 },
                 {
                   categoryId => '1',
                   categoryName => 'Uncategorized',
                   description => 'Uncategorized',
                   htmlUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/uncategorized/',
                   parentId => '0',
                   rssUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/uncategorized/feed/'
                 }
               ]

newCategory()

Takes 1 args: category (string) Returns category id (number)

WARNING, this is not working right. I think it's a bug in my version of WordPress. If you submit 'houses', it just creates a category called 'h'. Also, if the category already exists, returns the same id as the previous one.

suggestCategories()

takes 2 args: category, max_results

returns array ref, each element is a hashref (not sure what this is for)

uploadFile()

takes 1 args: data data is a hash ref, see WordPress::MediaObject

newPost()

takes 2 args: content_struct, publish returns id number of new post

editPost()

takes 3 args: post_ID, content_struct, publish returns boolean, true or false

getPost()

takes 1 args: post_ID returns post struct, hashref

$example_return_value: {
                         categories => [
                                         'Uncategorized'
                                       ],
                         dateCreated => '20080130T14:19:05',
                         date_created_gmt => '20080130T22:19:05',
                         description => 'test description here',
                         link => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/test_1201731544/',
                         mt_allow_comments => '1',
                         mt_allow_pings => '1',
                         mt_excerpt => '',
                         mt_keywords => '',
                         mt_text_more => '',
                         permaLink => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/test_1201731544/',
                         postid => '119',
                         title => 'test_1201731544',
                         userid => '2',
                         wp_author_display_name => 'leocharre',
                         wp_author_id => '2',
                         wp_password => '',
                         wp_slug => 'test_1201731544'
                       }

getRecentPosts()

takes 1 args: num_posts (number, optional)

returns array ref each element is hash ref same as getPost() would return

getCategories()

Example return value:

$return_value: [
                 {
                   categoryId => '4',
                   categoryName => 'art',
                   description => 'art',
                   htmlUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/art/',
                   parentId => '0',
                   rssUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/art/feed/'
                 },
                 {
                   categoryId => '6',
                   categoryName => 'cool linux commands',
                   description => 'cool linux commands',
                   htmlUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/cool-linux-commands/',
                   parentId => '0',
                   rssUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/cool-linux-commands/feed/'
                 }
               ]

newMediaObject()

takes 1 args: data (hashref) The hashref keys and values are bits (Mime::Base64), type (mime type), and name (filename).

getTemplate()

takes 1 args: template

setTemplate()

takes 2 args: content, template

getUsersBlogs()

no argument, terutns users blogs example return :

$r: [
      {
        blogName => 'leo charre',
        blogid => '1',
        isAdmin => '1',
        url => 'http://leocharre.com/'
      }
    ]

deletePost()

argument is post id(number) returns boolean

WISHLIST

It'd be nice to manage links via xmlrpc.

AUTHOR

Leo Charre leocharre at cpan dot org

BUGS

Please submit to AUTHOR

CAVEATS

This distro is alpha. Included are the metaWeblog and wp method calls.

REQUIREMENTS

XMLRPC::Lite

SEE ALSO

XMLRPC::Lite SOAP::Lite WordPress http://wordpress.org