Posted 2 years ago #
Hi,
I'm creating an API that will work with SendArticles.com, an article distribution service. It will be based on an API integrated with the site (verifies that it has an API that goes with a domain name). SendArticles.com should then submit articles to the wordpress installation.
Can anyone give me a guiding hand so I can get a step in the right direction?
Thanks,
Kerry
Posted 2 years ago #
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Posted 2 years ago #
Cant this be accomplished with an RSS feed --
Check out feedwordpress
Might at least give you some ideas.
Posted 2 years ago #
That would mean that SendArticles.com has an RSS feed for it to read off, which it doesn't.
Supposing I created one, I need it to be private, and for people to only access it if their API worked (their domain has to match an MD5 hash).
I've taken most of my coding from Twitter Tools, as it does a similar concept, but I don't quite understand it as it has SO much Twitter stuff.
Can anyone give me a guiding hand so I can get a step in the right direction?
what have you done so far, if anything??
I'm creating an ...
Ok, and youve done what?
This is the difference between you getting help with something you are doing, and someone else doing all the work for you.. :)
Share what you've done, explain where you're stuck.
Posted 2 years ago #
Sorry -- don't mean to try to make people do my work, I'm literally just clueless where to go next.
This is my plugin:
http://www.sendarticles.com/wp_send-articles.zip
Again, this is in the basic stages of it, there's a few unnecessary files, some commented code, etc. You can go in an activate it, creates a menu section, and a place where you can enter in an API and test it (if you need some credentials to test it with, you will have to give me the domain that you're testing it on and I can generate a hash), though I don't think that's necessary.
It has a few other options that save though they don't do anything right now (don't worry about that, I will come to it later).
I just want to know how I can send a call with a blog post from SendArticles.com to a wordpress website and have it submit in that wordpress blog.
Thanks again,
Kerry
Sorry -- don't mean to try to make people do my work, I'm literally just clueless where to go next.
no thats fine :) its VERY helpful if people know what youve done so they dont have to work through stuff youve already done.
off the top of my head, why not submit them via the email option? I only thought of that option because I saw another plugin earlier tonight that does something like that, and its pretty trivial to set up, php-wise.
automated posting is sort of complicated imo, and straight database inserts are worse yet with all the tags, cats, post meta, blah blah, things that can go wrong.
Syndicated content == post via email and be done :)
Posted 2 years ago #
I don't know the email option, the only thought is we want this wordpress plugin to be super easy for people to setup, not requiring them setting up email addresses or anything else.
The closest thing I could find to things that might work:
http://littleautomaticmoneymaker.com/whatsalamm/automatic-posting-on-wordpress-blogs-lamms
I don't want to rely on other people going to people's sites before something gets posted.
Possible Solution:
Make an RSS Feed of of SendArticles.com that can only be accessed with an API key. The WordPress plugin has the autocron, checks every hour for new content. SendArticles.com pings the wordpress sites an hour after being put in the feed (therefore forcing it to be submitted).
What do you think?
Thanks for the help!
Sincerely,
Kerry
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