XML-RPC and WP_Http presentation from WordCamp Phoenix.

1. Playing Nice with Others
Integrating WordPress with External APIs
Eric Mann  @ericmann  http://about.me/eam
WordCamp Phoenix  February 26, 2012

2. Integrating WordPress with External APIs
• Background
• Technologies in use
• Available tools
• Practical Examples
• Questions

3. BACKGROUND

4. TECHNOLOGIES

5. ReST

6. XML-RPC

7. JSON

8. TOOLS

9. WP_Http
wp_remote_post( $url, $args );
wp_remote_get( $url, $args );
wp_remote_head( $url, $args );
wp_remote_request( $url, $args );
wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
wp_remote_retrieve_header( $response, $header );
wp_remote_retrieve_headers( $response );
wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
wp_remote_retrieve_response_message( $response );

10. wp_xmlrpc_server
add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', 'wcphx_add_method' );
function wcphx_add_method( $methods ) {
$methods['wcphx.sayHello'] = 'wcphx_sayHello';
return $methods;
}
function wcphx_sayHello( $args ) {
return 'Hello!';
}

11. EXAMPLES

12. Twitter - ReST
GET
http://search.twitter.com/search.json?q=%23wcphx&rpp
=5&include_entities=false&result_type=recent

13. Extending XMLRPC
add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', 'wcphx_add_method' );

14. QUESTIONS?