[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #20548: xmlrpc "getrecentposts" inconsistent with "getpost"

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#20548: xmlrpc "getrecentposts" inconsistent with "getpost"
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 Reporter:  kevbo         |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  XML-RPC       |     Version:
 Severity:  minor         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |
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Description changed by SergeyBiryukov:

Old description:

> In /wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php the return array for
> mw_getPost sets the postid as an int. For mw_getRecentPosts postid is
> cast as a string. (lines 1827 & 2810)
>
> Rev 16508 first cast the int as string in response to ticket 15517. The
> reference given was an old MSDN article. However, the Blogger API
> actually says the post ID should be numerical, not a string.
>
> (See Blogger API Post definition here:
> https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/2.0/json/reference/posts#resource)
>
> Suggestion: Remove the cast to string for postid.
>
> (Clients which use XML-RPC calls likely (and logically) expect that the
> struct of the post should be the same. For example, the .NET library
> JoeBlogs expects that mw_getPost return a certain struct whereas
> mw_getRecentPosts would return an array of structs.)

New description:

 In /wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php the return array for mw_getPost
 sets the postid as an int. For mw_getRecentPosts postid is cast as a
 string. (lines 1827 & 2810)

 Rev 16508 first cast the int as string in response to ticket #15517. The
 reference given was an old MSDN article. However, the Blogger API actually
 says the post ID should be numerical, not a string.

 (See Blogger API Post definition here:
 https://developers.google.com/blogger/docs/2.0/json/reference/posts#resource)

 Suggestion: Remove the cast to string for postid.

 (Clients which use XML-RPC calls likely (and logically) expect that the
 struct of the post should be the same. For example, the .NET library
 JoeBlogs expects that mw_getPost return a certain struct whereas
 mw_getRecentPosts would return an array of structs.)

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