[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #23099: Add JSON-RPC support using existing XML-RPC methods

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#23099: Add JSON-RPC support using existing XML-RPC methods
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 Reporter:  maxcutler        |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  XML-RPC          |     Version:  3.5
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |
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Comment (by maxcutler):

 Replying to [comment:7 rmccue]:
 > I wonder, since this appears to be a stop-gap until we have a JSON API,
 why not just implement a JSON API straight out?

 It's an enormous project, and there are many diverging opinions about how
 to go about doing it. Automattic has made an attempt, there are several
 plugins on WP.org with varying approaches; I've yet to see anything that
 would be suitable for core.

 In the meantime, there are many existing XML-RPC clients (like the mobile
 apps) that would prefer to use JSON if they could to reduce over-the-wire
 bandwidth and because programming clients is easier than XML-RPC (JSON
 parsing >> XML parsing).

 The method implementations have existed for several releases, so only the
 new request/response serialization layer has to be validated and tested.
 This should make it easy to include and support compared to an entire new
 API subsystem with a brand new implementation of post, taxonomy, user,
 etc. functionality.

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