Manton and Daniel talk about their collaboration on updates to the XML-RPC based API that MarsEdit uses to communicate with Micro.blog. They talk about the long history of blogging APIs, about the merit of focusing on adding one new supported system at a time to MarsEdit for maximal PR benefit, and how much MarsEdit should adapt to some of the more unique features of Micro.blog.
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Links:
- XML-RPC For Newbies – 1998 blog post by Dave Winer.
- Micropub – Standard web publishing API.
- XMLRPC WordPress API – Official documentation on WordPress’s own evolution of the MetaWeblog API.
- Micro.blog Posting API – Documentation about Micro.blog’s Micropub and MetaWeblog support.
- Ghost – Open source and non-profit blog-publishing platform.
- AtomPub – RFC standard for a scarcely adopted blog publishing protocol.
- Indie Microblogging – Manton’s book in progress.
