Title: WordPress xmlrpc.php request structure
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# WordPress xmlrpc.php request structure

 *  [LewisLorenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewislorenz/)
 * (@lewislorenz)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-xmlrpcphp-request-structure/)
 * I want to send an HTTP POST from FileMaker Pro to xmlrpc.php inside the WordPress
   directory that I host on my server.
 * I understand I can do this through cURL or class-IXR.php or class-wp-xmlrpc-server.
   php or some PHP or other intermediary software, but I do not want to use those(
   I want to compose the request myself). I see a lot of examples for using these
   functions. All of these functions compose something – a string characters – that
   is ultimately sent to xmlrpc.php. I want to know how to write that request manually
   so I can direct FileMaker to write it.
 * Is this possible? Can I use a text editor to write a WordPress xmlrpc request?
   If so, how do I do it? What is its format, requirements, etc.? I have not seen
   any discussion about the content or format of that request. I have examined the
   source for the classes mentioned above. Is my only option to reverse engineering
   them, or, has this been done already?
 * Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

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 *  [Machine2240](https://wordpress.org/support/users/machine2240/)
 * (@machine2240)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-xmlrpcphp-request-structure/#post-5239565)
 * Hi Lewis,
 * Did you ever figure this out?
 * Rich
 *  Thread Starter [LewisLorenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewislorenz/)
 * (@lewislorenz)
 * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-xmlrpcphp-request-structure/#post-5239566)
 * No. And no one but you has contacted me about this.
 * I also posted this question on Stack Overflow with same response.
 * I know I should be the one to spend the time doing this, but I don’t have the
   time to devote to it – as much as I would enjoy it!

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 * [xmlrpc.php](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/xmlrpc-php/)

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 * Last reply from: [LewisLorenz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lewislorenz/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-xmlrpcphp-request-structure/#post-5239566)
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