[q] xml-rpc & wp7.

[cris_rowlands]

In my search to find out a good way (or any way) to post comments on a wordpress article using C# on windowsphone, someone suggested looking into XML-RPC.

Ive done a search & it looks like the right lines, but I have no idea how to actually use it.

Anyone fancy giving me a little example or some sort of push in the right direction about how I can use XML-RPC in my WP7 app.

 

[GuestK00306]

In my search to find out a good way (or any way) to post comments on a wordpress article using C# on windowsphone, someone suggested looking into XML-RPC.

Ive done a search & it looks like the right lines, but I have no idea how to actually use it.

Anyone fancy giving me a little example or some sort of push in the right direction about how I can use XML-RPC in my WP7 app.

XML-RPC is just reading/writing XML. You could easily just use the built-in Xml classes to build your XML, then use the WebClient to post/receive it from the server. You can use the spec from here to see what XML needs to be generated:
http://www.xmlrpc.com/spec

I don't know of any complete libraries for Windows Phone 7 right now, but you can check this out to get you started:
http://xml-rpc.net/

 

[emfor]

I've used this silverlight lib called xmlrpc-silverlight. It can be found on google code.
It works perfectly on wp7.

Best regards,
Mateusz

 

[GuestK00306]

I've used this silverlight lib called xmlrpc-silverlight. It can be found on google code.
It works perfectly on wp7.

Best regards,
Mateusz

This will come in handy for one of my projects also, thanks for this!

 

[cris_rowlands]

I've used this silverlight lib called xmlrpc-silverlight. It can be found on google code.
It works perfectly on wp7.

Best regards,
Mateusz

Thanks

I found this here: http://code.google.com/p/xmlrpc-silverlight/
But it doesnt seem to have any downloads or code to actually use

Dont suppose you have a copy of it still?

 

[emfor]

I have too few posts... On the page, go to "Source" tab, than "Browse" and in the "trunk" folder there is file XmlRpc.cs - that's it!

Best regards,
Mateusz

 

[cris_rowlands]

thank you thank you thank you

Found it! Now Im gonna play with it a bit & see if I can get this working ;D

 

[cris_rowlands]

Well, Ive played with it a bit & I think I understand some of it, but I really have never used XML-RPC before & cant get it to work

Any chance you could give me a hint as to how I could post a comment to (for example) this page: http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2011/02/03/fireworks-an-amazing-free-app-for-windows-phone-7.html

Its just a random post from the site Im creating the app for.

On the wordpress page about XML-RPC it says this:

wp.newComment
Create new comment.

If you want to send anonymous comments, leave the second and third parameter blank.

Parameters

■ int blog_id
■ string username
■ string password
■ int post_id
■ struct comment ■ int comment_parent
■ string content
■ string author
■ string author_url
■ string author_email

Return Values
■ int comment_id

Sadly Im not quite sure what to do with that. Plus I havent a clue what the "blog_id" or "post_id" would be :/

Ive been coding for 4 years & I still feel like a total newbie half the time >_<

 

[emfor]

I think something like that shoud work:

XmlRpcService service = new XmlRpcService("Url_to_the_service");

XmlRpcRequest req = new XmlRpcRequest(service, "wp.NewComment", new object[] { 
   1,
   "UserName",
   "Pass",
   1,
   ?,
   1,
...

});

req.XmlRpcCallCompleteHandler
    += new XmlRpcCallComplete(req_XmlRpcCallCompleteHandler);
req.Execute(null);

generally this should work. There is an struct element, so you should implement this struct in C# and pass it there...

I don't know WP so i can't help with parameters meaninig...

Good luck!

Best regards,
Mateusz