Posting Via Metaweblog API

[charmian]

Title:
Posting Via Metaweblog API

Area:
External Services

Summary:
Dreamwidth does not currently support the MetaWeblog API. If it did, users could easily post to DW using external services, such as Delicious and Posterous.

Description:
The Blog Posting function of Delicious is not compatible with DW (or with LJ, for that matter) and thus users wishing to post digests of their Delicious links must use an external script to be able to post digests to their Dreamwidth journals.

It seems (from what I have learned in conversations with people better versed in these issues than me) that if the MetaWeblog API were implemented on Dreamwidth, people wouldn't have to use such scripts anymore.

Poll #2448 Posting Via Metaweblog API

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 53

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Should be implemented as-is.
35 (66.0%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (1.9%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
5 (9.4%)

(I have no opinion)
12 (22.6%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ursamajor]

You mentioned delicious autoposting, and boy howdy did THAT get my attention. (Before that part, I was like, "I've heard of MetaWeblog ... working with APIs that have become standard is good, right? Okay, I'll vote for it." Afterwards, well. :D )