[wp-hackers] Creating new categories via the XMLRPC API

[Ryan Boren]

On 2/15/07, Dr. Mike Wendell <theapparatus at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Callum Macdonald <lists.automattic.com at callum-macdonald.com> wrote:
> > I have a script that retrieves the list of categories and submits new
> > posts via the API, but I can't find a way to create new categories. Can
> > anyone offer any suggestions?
>
> It's probably by using the new WordPress API.  I asked in another
> thread if there was any docs on it but never heard any followup.  I
> echo this request because I would like to pass it along to the creator
> of Blogdeskk and see if he would work in support for the API.  Support
> for Pages and Category work via XMLRPC comes up in the wp.com forums
> on occasion.

There's no doc as yet, but a quick look through xmlrpc.php reveals much.

The list of new functions starts on line 72.

http://trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/xmlrpc.php?rev=4874#L72

The page struct is on line 215.

http://trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/xmlrpc.php?rev=4874#L215

The category struct is on 498.

http://trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/xmlrpc.php?rev=4874#L498

Make sure there is a WordPress API entry in the RSD for the site
before using the new API.

Ryan