Simple wordpress xmlrpc with IXR

XML RPC in wordpress function is activated automatically from wordpress version 3.5. By utilizing this function, we can send, edit, or delete posts without login to our wordpress blog dashboard.

IXR_Library Class is a PHP class that allows us to access the wordpress XMLRPC API. IXR_Library Class is a php class that created by incutio (for more documentation visit http://scripts.incutio.com/xmlrpc/ )

“The Incutio XML-RPC library (IXR) is designed primarily for ease of use. It incorporates both client and server classes, and is designed to hide as much of the workings of XML-RPC from the user as possible. A key feature of the library is automatic type conversion from PHP types to XML-RPC types and vice versa. This should enable developers to write web services with very little knowledge of the underlying XML-RPC standard.”

IXR_Library Class has several advantages (from IXR_Library Class official site)

A complete implementation of the XML-RPC specification
Written for PHP 4 in strict error reporting mode – no warnings or notices
Basic classes are designed to be usable in as little code as possible
Advanced classes extend the basic classes and provide additional features
Can be used with both Object Orientated and functional programming styles
Type conversions (PHP to XML-RPC and back again) are handled transparently
Built in support for system.getCapabilities
Built in support for system.listMethods
methodSignature and system.methodHelp are supported in an extension class
multicall is implemented in both the server and extended client classes
Follows the Specification for Fault Code Interoperability

Why you should use IXR_Library Class?

I myself use this class because of the ease of managing XML-RPC API MetaWeblog. If previously I had difficulty in using metaWeblog.newPost (specifically usage parameters date_created_gmt ) and metaWeblog.newMediaObject (specifically usage parameter bits ), with IXR_Library Class can be done by programming a more simple and effective.

Example using wordpress xmlrpc with IXR_Library Class :

 $content = array(
                 'title'=>$title,
                 'description'=>$body,
                 'mt_allow_comments'=>0, // 1 to allow comments
                 'mt_allow_pings'=>0, // 1 to allow trackbacks
                 'post_type'=>'post',
                 'mt_keywords'=>$keywords,
                 'categories'=>array($category),
                 'custom_fields' => array($customfields) ,
		 'date_created_gmt' => $date
              );
	$params = array(1,'wordpress-username','wordpress-password',$content,true);
	$XmlRpc_result = $XmlRpc_client->query(
			'metaWeblog.newPost',$params
		);
	$data = $XmlRpc_client->getResponse();