PeopleAggregator API: method blogger.getRecentPosts

Arguments | Return value | REST (XML) example | REST (JSON) example | XML-RPC example

Method: blogger.getRecentPosts

(Blogger API) Get a number of recent posts from a blog. (DEPRECATED - use metaWeblog.getRecentPosts if possible). [NOTE: DO NOT USE THE REST FORM OF THIS API CALL; THE BLOGGER API IS XML-RPC ONLY]

User documentation for blogger.getRecentPosts on the PeopleAggregator wiki

Arguments (see also Authentication)

If calling by XML-RPC, note that this method takes 5 arguments, NOT a single struct, like most other methods in this API.

appkey

Type: string

Appkey - not required.

Example: none

blogid

Type: string

Identifier for the 'blog' container you wish to publish to (blogids can be obtained by calling blogger.getUsersBlogs() and looking for the 'blogid' parameter in the array items in the returned data).

Example: user:123

login

Type: string

User's login name.

Example: testme

password

Type: string

User's password.

Example: testuser123

n_posts

Type: int

The number of posts to retrieve

Example: 10

Maximum: 50

Return value (see also Exceptions)

Type: array

Content of each item:

item

Type: hash

Attributes:

dateCreated

Type: datetime

The post's timestamp

Example: 2006-05-20T12:34:56Z

userid

Type: string

The user ID for the user who created this post

Example: marc

postid

Type: string

The ID of this post

Example: user:123:456

content

Type: string

Post content

Example: It really is.

Example REST (XML) request

Request

GET /api/xml/blogger/getRecentPosts?appkey=none&login=testme&password=testuser123&blogid=user%3A123&n_posts=10 HTTP/1.1

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: application/xml

Content-Length: 335



<response>

 <item>

  <content>It really is.</content>

  <postid>user:123:456</postid>

  <userid>marc</userid>

  <dateCreated>2006-05-20T12:34:56Z</dateCreated>

 </item>

</response>

Example REST (JSON) request

Request

GET /api/json/blogger/getRecentPosts?appkey=none&login=testme&password=testuser123&blogid=user%3A123&n_posts=10 HTTP/1.1

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: application/x-javascript

Content-Length: 113



[{"content": "It really is.", "postid": "user:123:456", "userid": "marc", "dateCreated": "2006-05-20T12:34:56Z"}]

Example XML-RPC call

Request

POST /api/xmlrpc HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: text/xml

Content-Length: 1051



<?xml version='1.0'?>

 <methodCall>

  <methodName>blogger.getRecentPosts</methodName>

  <params>

   <param>

    <value><string>none</string></value>

   </param>

   <param>

    <value><string>user:123</string></value>

   </param>

   <param>

    <value><string>testme</string></value>

   </param>

   <param>

    <value><string>testuser123</string></value>

   </param>

   <param>

    <value><int>10</int></value>

   </param>

  </params>

 </methodCall>

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

Content-Type: text/xml

Content-Length: 1727



<?xml version='1.0'?>

 <methodResponse>

  <params>

   <param>

    <value><array><data>

     <value><struct>

      <member>

       <name>content</name>

       <value><string>It really is.</string></value>

      </member>

      <member>

       <name>postid</name>

       <value><string>user:123:456</string></value>

      </member>

      <member>

       <name>userid</name>

       <value><string>marc</string></value>

      </member>

      <member>

       <name>dateCreated</name>

       <value><string>2006-05-20T12:34:56Z</string></value>

      </member>

     </struct></value>

    </data></array></value>

   </param>

  </params>

 </methodResponse>