This weekend at WordCamp San Francisco, there has been much discussion and advertising for the nascent JSON API. I noticed some confusion among the audience and some unclear answers from speakers, so here’s a quick comparison of the new JSON API versus the existing XML-RPC API.
WordCamp NYC 2014 Talk
Today I gave a talk on “JavaScript Performance: Fundamentals, Tools & Techniques” at WordCamp NYC:
More thoughts on WP-API 1.0
In my previous post, I shared some feedback on the WP-API 1.0 release based on a weekend of evaluation. Since then I’ve had conversations with several people and done more experimentation, and wanted to share some revised feedback.
Feedback on WP-API 1.0
Recently the WP-API team released version 1.0 of their new JSON-based API for WordPress. I’ve been following their progress from a distance, but now that it is under consideration for inclusion into WordPress core I thought it was time to take a closer look.
Upcoming WordPress API talks
WordPress devs in the Pacific Northwest, I’m going to be giving a talk this month on using WordPress’ XML-RPC and RESTful APIs. I’ll be doing it twice, first in Seattle on the 11th and then in Portland on the 15th. If you’re interested, please find details and RSVP below.
Portland: XML-RPC and RESTful APIs: Breaking Down the WordPress Silo
Seattle: July WordPress Meetup
What I’ve been up to
About once per year I realize that I’ve neglected my blog and decide that it’s time to change that. I’m going to try to blog at least once per week, starting with this recap of what I’ve been up to since my last post.
WordPress Unit Tests Sprint: A Primer
WordPress 3.4 finally shipped a few weeks ago, and now attention turns to 3.5. Feature discussions will start at the July 11 IRC dev chat, but in the meantime there will be a sprint to revise the unit tests suite. This post is to serve as starting guidance for the contributors who will be helping in this sprint. For background, you can read the kickoff IRC chat logs.
WordCamp NYC Talk
Today I gave a talk on “Integrating with WordPress via XML-RPC” at WordCamp NYC:
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Remembering Shuttle
The Space Shuttles have been in the news lately as Discovery and Enterprise were ferried to DC and NYC, respectively, for public display in their retirement. And SpaceX is scheduled to launch the first private industry spacecraft to the International Space Station next week. So in keeping with the space news, I’ve fixed the broken gallery on my Space Shuttle Atlantis launch post.
python-wordpress-xmlrpc v2.0!
As WordPress 3.4 approaches RC and final release, the new features in the XML-RPC API have finally stabilized. For those Python users out there, I’ve updated my Python binding library to take advantage of the new functionality.
As part of the release, I spent the time to write proper documentation; be sure to check out the examples section! The library is now also compatible with Python 3 (in addition to Python 2.6+).
If you are currently using a previous release (1.x) of the library, be warned that 2.0 is not backwards compatible. I’ve removed all but one use of legacy Blogger/metaWeblog methods, which has caused the posts module and several others to change significantly. See the changelog for full details.
And, of course, you can download it on PyPI or directly through GitHub.
