Title: -32700 xmlrpc python API
Last modified: April 11, 2018

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# -32700 xmlrpc python API

 *  [tayloedcq](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tayloedcq/)
 * (@tayloedcq)
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/32700-xmlrpc-python-api/)
 * Hi All,
 * Sharing an issue & resolution.
    * Tech * WordPress locally hosted * WP Rest API*
   Python 3 * wordpress_xmlrpc
 * When using the REST API the read functions all worked with pycurl. However the
   authentication was a problem.
 * I moved to using wordpress_xmlrpc to solve the logon/handshake method. This worked
   well with my development/test wordpress instance but failed miserably when I 
   moved to the QA site (fully copy of production).
 * In prod I kept receiving a -32700 xmlrpc python wordpress parse error. Very specific
   message with no real insight into what caused the problem. Searching “-32700 
   xmlrpc wordpress rest api python” gave many results, but few that actually helped.
   After trying numerous things here is the first thing that actually helped.
 * **Turn on Debugging in WordPress.**
 * In wp-config.php there was a line:
 * `define('WP_DEBUG', false);`
 * To turn on debugging you need to change this to:
 * `define('WP_DEBUG', true);`
 * and then add the line:
 * `define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);`
 * Once this is in place you run your program it will produce an error that shows
   up in wp-content/debug.log. My error showed:
 *     ```
       [10-Apr-2018 16:53:30 UTC] PHP Notice:  PHP's XML extension is not available. Please contact your hosting provider to enable PHP's XML extension. in /home/cqinfo/www-wordpress/wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-message.php on line 48
       ```
   
 * From here it was rather simple to solve. I had my admin install the PHP XML extension.
   AND RESTART apache.
 * Hope this helps others solve the mystery of the -32700 error for others.
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 *  Moderator [Steven Stern (sterndata)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sterndata/)
 * (@sterndata)
 * Volunteer Forum Moderator
 * [8 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/32700-xmlrpc-python-api/#post-10167347)
 * This is a nice subject for a blog post (and I strongly suggest you post it on
   your blog or someplace else, but it’s not really appropriate for these support
   forums.

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