YesMany standardsBlog APIAvailable. This article is the most widely used and widely supportedAPIIncluding:
- Blogger.The oldestBlog API. Blogger is a XML-RPC-based interface initially created for their blogger software by pyra labs. The first version quickly got many otherBlogThe adoption of the platform, because it uses XML as the standard mechanism for data submission and exchange, also because it uses XML-RPC standards to support implementation in any programming language that can use XML-RPC. Google purchased blogger in 2003, and later blogger 2.0API-It is now a Google dataAPI.
- Metaweblog.Dave winer, a software developer, was created in 2002 to solve blogger 1.0API. MetaweblogAPIIs a XML-RPC-basedAPI, Uses the RSS web feed format (the most popular is
Tags), structured data (rather than bloggerAPISupported simple strings)BlogArticles and other concepts. This integration enables developers to create, submit, manage, and query structured data using familiar models.BlogArticle.
- Atom.This XML-basedAPIAlso knownAtom publishing Protocol)Using Web services rather than XML-RPC as its wire-level protocolYesThe HTTP authentication mechanism is more secure and supports some personalized features, such as using the appropriate
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