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Net::Blogger(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Net::Blogger(3pm)
NAME
Net::Blogger - an OOP-ish interface for accessing a weblog via the Blogger XML-RPC API.
SYNOPSIS
use Net::Blogger;
my $b = Net::Blogger->new(appkey=>APPKEY);
$b->BlogId(BLOGID);
$b->Username(USERNAME);
$b->Password(PASSWORD);
$b->BlogId($b->GetBlogId(blogname=>'superfoobar'));
# Get recent posts
my ($ok,@p) = $b->getRecentPosts(numposts=>20);
if (! $ok) {
croak $b->LastError();
}
map { print "\t $_->{'postid'}\n"; } @p;
# Post from a file
my ($ok,@p) = $b->PostFromFile(file=>"/usr/blogger-test");
if (! $ok) {
croak $b->LastError();
}
# Deleting posts
map {
$b->deletePost(postid=>"$_") || croak $b->LastError();
} @p;
# Getting and setting templates
my $t = $b->getTemplate(type => 'main');
$b->setTemplate(type=>'main',template=>\$t) || croak $b->LastError();
# New post
my $txt = "hello world.";
my $id = $b->newPost(postbody=>\$txt) || croak $b->LastError();
# Get post
my $post = $b->getPost($id) || croak $b->LastError();
print "Text for last post was $post->{'content'}\n";
DESCRIPTION
Blogger.pm provides an OOP-ish interface for accessing a weblog via the Blogger XML-RPC
API.
ENGINES
Blogger.pm relies on "engines" to implement it's functionality. The Blogger.pm package
itself is little more than a wrapper file that happens to use a default "Blogger" engine
is none other is specified.
my $manila = Net::Blogger->new(engine=>"manila");
But wait!, you say. It's an API that servers implements and all I should have to do is
changed the login data. Why do I need an engine?
Indeed. Every server pretty much gets the spirit of the API right, but each implements the
details slightly differently. For example :
The MovableType XML-RPC server follows the spec for the getRecentPost but because of the
way Perl auto-vivifies hashes it turns out you can slurp all the posts for a blog rather
than the just the 20 most recent.
The Userland Manila server doesn't support the getUsersBlogs method; the Userland
RadioUserland server does.
The Blogger server imposes a limit on the maximum length of a post. Other servers don't.
(Granted the server in question will return a fault, if necessary, but Blogger.pm tries to
do the right thing and check for these sorts of things before adding to the traffic on the
network.)
Lots of weblog-like applications don't support the Blogger API but do have a traditional
REST interface. With the introduction of Blogger.pm "engines", support for these
applications via the API can be added with all the magic happening behind the curtain, so
to speak.
PACKAGE METHODS
__PACKAGE__->new(\%args)
Instantiate a new Blogger object.
Valid arguments are :
o engine (required)
String. Default is "blogger".
o appkey
String. The magic appkey for connecting to the Blogger XMLRPC server.
o blogid
String. The unique ID that Blogger uses for your weblog
o username
String. A valid username for blogid
o password
String. A valid password for the username/blogid pair.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns an object. Woot!
__PACKAGE__->init()
Initializes the specified engine
Blogger API METHODS
$pkg->getUsersBlogs()
Fetch the blogid, url and blogName for each of the Blogger blogs the current user is
registered to.
Returns an array ref of hashes.
$pkg->newPost(\%args)
Add a new post to the Blogger server.
Valid arguments are :
o postbody
Scalar ref. required
o publish
Boolean.
If the length of postbody exceeds maximum length allowed by the Blogger servers -- 65,536
characters -- currently the text will be chunked into smaller pieces are each piece will
be posted separately.
Returns an array containing one, or more, post ids.
$pkg->getPost($postid)
Returns a hash ref, containing the following keys : userid, postid, content and
dateCreated.
$pkg->getRecentPosts(\%args)
Fetch the latest (n) number of posts for a given blog. The most recent posts are returned
first.
Valid arguments are
o numposts
Int. If no argument is passed to the method, default is 1.
"NumberOfPosts is limited to 20 at this time. Let me know if this gets annoying.
Letting this number get too high could result in some expensive db access, so I want
to be careful with it." --Ev
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns true or false, followed by an array of hash refs. Each hash ref contains the
following keys : postid,content,userid,dateCreated
$pkg->editPost(\%args)
Update the Blogger database. Set the body of entry $postid to $body.
Valid arguments are :
o postbody (required)
Scalar ref or a valid filehandle.
o postid (required)
String.
o publish
Boolean.
If the length of postbody exceeds maximum length allowed by the Blogger servers -- 65,536
characters -- currently the text will be chunked into smaller pieces are each piece will
be posted separately.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns an array containing one, or more, post ids.
$pkg->deletePost(\%args)
Delete a post from the Blogger server.
Valid arguments are
o postid (required)
String.
o publish
Boolean.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns true or false.
$pkg->setTemplate(\%args)
Set the body of the template matching type $type.
"template is the HTML (XML, whatever -- Blogger can output any sort of text).
Must contain opening and closing <Blogger> tags to be valid and accepted."
--Evan
Valid arguments are
o template
Scalar ref. required
o type
String. required
Valid types are "main" and "archiveIndex"
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns true or false.
$pkg->getTemplate(\%args)
Fetch the body of the template matching type $type.
Valid types are
o type
String. required
Valid types are "main" and "archiveIndex"
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns a string.
EXTENDED METHODS
$pkg->GetBlogId(\%args)
Return the unique blogid for $args-{'blogname'}>.
Valid arguments are
o blogname
String.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns a string. If no blogname is specified, the current blogid for the object is
returned.
$pkg->DeleteAllPosts(\%args)
Delete all the posts on a weblog. Valid arguments are :
o publish
Boolean.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
$pkg->PostFromFile(\%args)
Open a filehandle, and while true, post to Blogger. If the length of the amount read from
the file exceeds the per-post limit assigned by the Blogger servers -- currently 65,536
characters -- the contents of the file will be posted in multiple "chunks".
Valid arguments are
o file
/path/to/file required
o postid
String.
o publish
Boolean.
o tail
Boolean.
If true, the method will not attempt to post data whose length exceeds the limit set
by the Blogger server in the order that the data is read. Translation : last in
becomes last post becomes the first thing you see on your weblog.
If a postid argument is present, the method will call the Blogger API editPost method with
postid. Otherwise the method will call the Blogger API newPost method.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns true or false, followed by an array of zero, or more, postids.
$pkg->PostFromOutline(\%args)
Like PostFromFile, only this time the file is an outliner document.
This method uses Simon Kittle's Text::Outline::asRenderedHTML method for posting. As of
this writing, the Text::Outline package has not been uploaded to the CPAN. See below for a
link to the homepage/source.
Valid outline formats are OPML, tabbed text outline, Emacs' outline-mode format, and the
GNOME Think format.
Valid arguments are
o file
/path/to/file required
o postid
String.
o publish
Boolean.
If a postid argument is present, the method will call the Blogger API editPost method with
postid. Otherwise the method will call the Blogger API newPost method.
Releases prior to Net::Blogger 0.85 accepted a list of arguments rather than a reference.
Version 0.85+ are backwards compatible.
Returns true or false, followed by an array of zero, or more, postids.
NOTES
The Atom API
In January 2004, Blogger announced their support for the Atom API.
As of this writing (version 0.87) this package does not support the Atom API. If you need
to do things Atom-ish, your best bet is to use the XML::Atom package.
Content negotiation
Persons trying to connect to a server using shortened URLs and content negotiation should
not be surprised if they encounter weirdness and/or errors. Specifically, a HTTP 406
error.
Some preliminary investigation suggests that, if there's a bug at play here, it's a bug
somewhere deep in SOAP::Lite/HTTP::* land.
Patches are welcome. Otherwise, you've been warned. :-)
See also :
AUTHORS
Originally authored by Aaron Straup Cope
Adopted by Christopher H. Laco
SEE ALSO
Net::Blogger::API::Core
Net::Blogger::Engine::Base
http://plant.blogger.com/api/
BUGS
Hopefully, few. Please reports all bugs to :
http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net::Blogger
SOURCE
You can get the latest version of the source code from the Subversion repository at
http://handelframework.com/svn/CPAN/Net-Blogger/
LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Aaron Straup Cope.
This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same terms as Perl
itself.
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