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deletePost

Randy Morin — Tue, 18 May 2004 23:28:43 GMT

Noticed that the current MetaWeblogAPI spec is missing a deletePost. I thought this was added about a year ago. Seems to be gone now. Just wondering. Randy

Re: a couple of comments

jeffreyalanhenning — Sun, 11 Jan 2004 13:34:02 GMT

... Thanks! This is an important entry point, since it provides a client app a way to get the post ids, which are essential for the basic entry points. The

Announce: Revised MetaWeblog API spec

Dave Winer — Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:31:14 GMT

The revisted MetaWeblog API spec is available, with caveats removed, here: http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi It's now safe to develop applications based on

Fw: New Message: Re: The MetaWeblog API (Draft)

Dave Winer — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 01:24:35 GMT

... From: To: Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 8:55 PM Subject: New Message: Re: The MetaWeblog API

Error-handling in MetaWeblog API

Dave Winer — Sun, 03 Aug 2003 15:53:17 GMT

I added a new note [1] in the comments section of the MetaWeblog API spec explaining that errors are handled through the fault-reporting procedure described

Re: a couple of comments

Dave Winer — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 20:46:11 GMT

I just added docs for metaWeblog.getRecentPosts. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/crimson1/stories/storyReader$371#metawebl oggetrecentposts Dave

Re: a couple of comments

Diego Doval — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:52:09 GMT

When adding this to the new spec I would definitely specify really well what "recent" meant--adding a parameter for the cut-off date (optionally empty for all

Re: a couple of comments

Dougal Campbell — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:52:04 GMT

... FWIW, metaWeblog.getRecentPosts is already in use out in the wild (and not just as part of the MovableType API), and has pretty much become a de facto part

Re: a couple of comments

Brent Simmons — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:52:04 GMT

I would argue that getRecentPosts actually is a standard part of the metaWeblog API. It's supported by Manila, Radio, Movable Type, and probably others. (In

Re: a couple of comments

Diego Doval — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 19:51:48 GMT

... category is the name of the sub-struct for the category (recall that XML-RPC structs have names). The name of the struct must be unique, making it a

Re: a couple of comments

Dougal Campbell — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 18:25:42 GMT

... +1, though I'd make catId mandatory (and suggest duplicating description, if the blog system in question doesn't have ids separate from names). OTOH, since

Re: a couple of comments

Dave Winer — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 18:17:46 GMT

Description is just the description, nothing more. The name of the category is the name of the sub-struct for the category (recall that XML-RPC structs have

Re: a couple of comments

Dave Winer — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 18:05:46 GMT

Actually this one is not in the metaWeblog spec, it is in an RFC that you posted in December last year. http://www.xmlrpc.com/discuss/msgReader$2366 I'm going

Re: a couple of comments

Brent Simmons — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:58:10 GMT

metaWeblog.getRecentPosts is another method. -Brent

Re: a couple of comments

Diego Doval — Fri, 01 Aug 2003 17:56:25 GMT

Thanks for the reminder Brent (I forgot to check on the previous spec), I just saw that Dave updated the current spec with it as well. Since we're on the