Re: Movable Type

[Todd Kulesza <todd dropline net>]

First, I agree with Kurt; for wide client support, shoot for either  
MetaWeblog (an extension of the MovableType protocol) or Atom (the  
'next-big-thing', but not yet standardized across most clients).   
Drivel is simply a client to test with; it may have bugs that your  
implementation discovers, so make sure to try another client as  
well.  There are likely freely-available libraries for handling each  
of these protocols, but if you're like me, coding the implementation  
is most of the fun. :)

About the sample methodResponse you attached; I don't have a sample  
of a proper getCategoryList methodResponse at the moment, but when I  
was trouble-shooting the initial implementation, I used ethereal to  
capture Gnome Blog's network transactions.  Comparing the output  
should show you exactly what your application's response needs to  
look like.  You may also want to strip the output down to a single,  
statically-generated item while testing, just to reduce the complexity.

If you discover that Gnome Blog or another client is able to handle  
your response while Drivel does not, let me know so that we can get  
it fixed.

Cheers,
Todd

On Jan 13, 2006, at 3:29 PM, Kurt McKee wrote:

> It may be helpful to pick a particular API to implement, and then  
> do so
> sticking strictly to the specification, since that will ensure that  
> you're
> avoiding eccentricities specific to a particular client. Further,  
> if you
> know the API you're using, it's quite possible that a php or perl  
> library
> already exists to help with your implementation.
>
> For instance, you might consider using the MetaWeblog API. The spec  
> can be
> found at:
>      http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi
>
> However, the Atom Publishing Protocol may be a better long-term  
> solution:
>      http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-atompub- 
> protocol-07.txt
>
> Hope that helps!
>
> Sincerely,
> Kurt
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I'm trying to retro fit my application http:// 
> theshadow.carterfamily.ca
> so that it can except entries from Blog clients.  I've chosen  
> drivel as
> my first attempt.  I'm getting a little tied up on how the xml should
> look that I'm sending back to the client.
>
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