WordPress::XMLRPC - api to wordpress rpc
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
I wanted to interact via the command line to a wordpress blog's xmlrpc.php file. Bascially this is interaction with xmlrpc.php as client. This module is not meant for speed, it is meant for convenience.
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, );
Returns array of methods in this package that make calls via xmlrpc.
Returns array of server methods accessible via xmlrpc.
Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'username' to constructor, it is prepopulated.
my $username = $o->username; $o->username('bill');
Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'password' to constructor, it is prepopulated.
my $pw = $o->password; $o->password('jim');
Perl set/get method. Argument is string. If you pass 'proxy' to constructor, it is prepopulated.
Returns XMLRPC::Lite object. proxy() must be set.
Setget method, set to '1' by default. This seems unused by wordpress. They have some documentation on this.
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);
Returns error string if a call fails.
$o->newPost(@args) or die($o->errstr);
These methods specifically mirror the xmlrpc.php file provided by WordPress installations. This file sits on your website.
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().
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().
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).
Takes 1 args: page_id (number). Returns boolean (true or false).
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.
Returns arrayref. Each element is a hashref. This is sort of a short version of getPages(), which returns all info for each.
$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' }, ]
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' } ]
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/' } ]
Takes 1 args: category struct. Returns category id (number).
The category struct is a hash ref alike..
{ name => 'Ugly houses', parent_id => 34, # (if this is a sub category ) description => 'this is a great category', }
The key 'name' must be present or croaks.
Argument is category id, will return struct (hash ref).
### $got: { #### categoryId => 99, #### categoryName => 'category772', #### description => 'category772', #### htmlUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/category772/', #### parentId => '0', #### rssUrl => 'http://leocharre.com/articles/category/category772/feed/' #### }
There seems to be a bug in xmlrpc.php (wordpress v 2.3.2) , that does not fill out the categories properly. You can use newCategory() to insert a description, bu upon getCategory(), the struct description is replaced by the categoryName field.
Takes 2 args: category, max_results.
Returns array ref, each element is a hashref (not sure what this is for).
Takes 1 args: data. Data is a hash ref, see WordPress::MediaObject.
Takes 2 args: content_struct, publish. Returns id number of new post.
Takes 3 args: post_ID, content_struct, publish. Returns boolean, true or false.
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' }
Takes 1 args: num_posts (number, optional).
Returns arrayref. Each element is hash ref same as getPost() would return.
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/' } ]
Takes 1 args: data (hashref). The hashref keys and values are bits (Mime::Base64), type (mime type), and name (filename).
Takes 1 args: template.
Takes 2 args: content, template.
No argument, returns users blogs. Example return :
$r: [ { blogName => 'leo charre', blogid => '1', isAdmin => '1', url => 'http://leocharre.com/' } ]
Argument is post id(number). Returns boolean.
It'd be nice to manage links via xmlrpc.
Leo Charre leocharre at cpan dot org
Please submit to AUTHOR
This distro is alpha. Included are the metaWeblog and wp method calls.
XMLRPC::Lite
XMLRPC::Lite SOAP::Lite WordPress http://wordpress.org
To install WordPress::XMLRPC, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WordPress::XMLRPC
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WordPress::XMLRPC
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.