Advogato XML-RPC Interface

Advogato now has an XML-RPC interface available at the URL http://www.advogato.org/XMLRPC. To test it, try calling one of the test functions below. If you are using Python, for example, try the following:

>>> import xmlrpclib
>>> server = xmlrpclib.Server("http://www.advogato.org/XMLRPC")
>>> server.test.sumprod(5, 7)

It should return [12, 35].

Authentication

string cookie = authenticate(string user, string pass)

Returns a cookie which is used as the first argument to all methods requiring authentication.

Diary manipulation

int length = diary.len(string user)

Return the number of entries in a diary.

string html = diary.get(string user, int index)

Return a diary entry. The index is zero-based, so if diary.len() returns 2 then valid indices are 0 and 1.

date created, date updated = diary.getDates(string user, int index)

Return the creation and last updated dates of a diary entry. If the entry has not been updated then the updated date will be the same as the creation date.

diary.set(string cookie, int index, string html)

Set a diary entry. Use -1 as the index to post a new entry, although the value returned by diary.len() is also acceptable.

Test functions

string s, int i = test.guess()

Guess a number

int result = test.square(int x)

Square a number

int sum, int product = test.sumprod(int x, int y)

Return the sum and product of a pair of numbers

int len = test.strlen(string s)

Return the length of a string

string s = test.capitalize(string s)

Capitalize a string