xmlrpc posting with Xpostulate

[tonybaldwin]

Okay...I've started to hack up the xmlrpc functions.
First, I had to replace all "<" and ">" in html tags in a post with"&lt;" and "&gt;",
and then, I have basically just handwritten out a relevant xml file.
Which looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0"?><methodCall><methodName>LJ.XMLRPC.postevent</methodName><params><param><value><struct><member><name>username</name><value><string>tonytraductor</string></value></member><member><name>password</name><value><string>XXXXXXXX</string></value></member><member><name>subject</name><value><string>xmlrpc posting</string></value></member><member><name>lineendings</name><value><string>pc</string><value></member><member><name>year</name><value><int>2010</int></value></member><member><name>mon</name><value><int>04</int></value></member><member><name>day</name><value><int>06</int></value></member><member><name>hour</name><value><int>10</int></value></member><member><name>min</name><value><int>46</int></value></member><member><name>prop_current_location</name><value><string>127.0.0.1</string></value></member><member><name>propr_current_mood</name><value><string>focused</string></value></member><member><name>prop_taglist</name><value><string>xmlrpc, xpostulate, wordpress, livejournal, dreamwidth, insanejournal</string></value></member><member><name>prop_currentmusic</name><value><string>none</string></value></member><member><name>userjournal</name><value><string>which journal?</string></value></member><member><name>event</name><value><string>Okay...I've started to hack up the xmlrpc functions.
First, I had to replace all "<" and ">" in html tags in a post with "&lt;" and "&gt;",
and then, I have basically just handwritten out a relevant xml file.


</string></value></member></struct></value></param></params></methodCall>


What I haven't done is tried to send such a file to a server, yet...
I'm not sure if the posting method has to be different from a flat post, in terms of simply sending this file as the post data...
More work...
But, hey, I'm working on it!

Comments

[tonybaldwin]

There is a Tcl xmlrpc module.
I read it.
I'm not sure how to use it, oddly.
I kind of see how it builds the "request", or, basically, the xml file, which I created (although differently), but I don't understand how it is sending the request.
I've tried several ways to send it with Tcl's http, which is how I sent flat posts, but it's not working for me.
I'm probably going to have to figure out this existing module.
I didn't want to use an external module, mostly to simplify installation and use for clueless users, really.
But, I suppose if I get it implemented and working, I can then make a starkit, which is basically a standalone binary, which will run on any platform, thus making installation and use as simple as possible.
I'm probably going to go that route.
Oh, but wait...the thing is, I am having difficulty running the existing xmlrpc module, because it requires stuff from ActiveTcl, which is not included in debian's repos.
I really don't want to remove the debian tcl and install ActiveState's distribution, which I'd have to do to get this module working.
Then, I think, if this is a headache for me to get running, how is it going to work for the average user?

[tonybaldwin]

I haven't had any trouble creating the xml data to send, I'm just not succeeding in sending it correctly.
Apparently, it's quite different than sending data à la flat posting method.
I might have better luck with cURL, than with Tcl's http, but I'm trying to use Tcl resources, again, to simplify installation and use for everybody (including windows users...yech).

[catness]

Maybe your headers are wrong? make sure it's Content-Type: text/xml, Content-Length is correct, and the url is /interface/xmlrpc.

Yeah, it doesn't make sense to require the user to install a crapload of stuff. (That's why btw I can't stand Python and Ruby applications - on my system, most of them require upgrades and addons which are incompatible with the current versions, and something inevitably breaks)

[tonybaldwin]

I wonder about "Content-Length".
Should that be just the post text? (not including meta-data)?
I wonder if that's where I'm going wrong.

[catness]

Just the post text.

Btw I don't get comment notifications when you reply to your own comments.

[tonybaldwin]

Oh yeah, I've read the CODE, but it doesn't come with any documentation I can make sense of.
The code is commented, but, still, can't figure out how it's sending the request.
Figured I should clarify that.

[tonybaldwin]

The thing that sucks is, I keep getting "ok" back from the server, but the post doesn't appear on the journal.