4.1.1 metaWeblog.newPost

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When a blog user adds a new post to a blog, the client software will send a metaWeblog.newPost request, as described in [XML-RPC], with a body formatted as XML as follows.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <methodCall>
    <methodName>metaWeblog.newPost</methodName>
    <params>
       <param>
          <value>
             <string>MyBlog</string>
          </value>
       </param>
       <param>
          <value>
             <string></string>
          </value>
       </param>
       <param>
          <value>
             <string></string>
          </value>
       </param>
       <param>
          <value>
             <struct>
                <member>
                   <name>title</name>
                   <value>
                      <string>My Title</string>
                   </value>
                </member>
                <member>
                   <name>description</name>
                   <value>
                      <string>My description</string>
                   </value>
                </member>
                <member>
                   <name>categories</name>
                   <value>
                      <array>
                         <data>
                            <value>
                               <string>My Category</string>
                           </value>
                         </data>
                      </array>
                   </value>
                </member>
             </struct>
          </value>
       </param>
       <param>
          <value>
             <boolean>1</boolean>
          </value>
       </param>
    </params>
 </methodCall>

The server processes the metaWeblog.newPost method request and returns a response, as described in [XML-RPC], with a body formatted as XML as follows.

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <methodResponse> 
    <params> 
       <param> 
          <value>1829</value> 
       </param> 
    </params> 
 </methodResponse>