Title: XMLRPC client
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# XMLRPC client

 *  [alaingg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaingg/)
 * (@alaingg)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/)
 * I just trying to access the wordpress API using a PHP library and something like
   this:
 * =============================================================
    include(“IXR_Library.
   inc.php”); $client = new IXR_Client(‘[http://myserver.dev/wordpress/xmlrpc.php&#8217](http://myserver.dev/wordpress/xmlrpc.php&#8217););
   if (!$client->query(‘wp.getPages’,’admin’,’admin’)) { die(‘An error occurred –‘.
   $client->getErrorCode().”:”.$client->getErrorMessage()); } print $client->getResponse();
   =============================================================== The respond I
   got is: “An error occurred – 403:Bad login/pass combination.”
 * These are the admin user/pass Im using. I tried the encoded password too with
   the same result.
 * My questions:
    -How can I implement the request? -If I implement a plugin/application
   there is a secure way to get that user/password form the database.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [UseShots](https://wordpress.org/support/users/useshots/)
 * (@useshots)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-902988)
 * Check the xmlrpc.php file for function interfaces.
 * wp.getPages requires “blog_id” as the first parameter. What you do is passing“
   admin” user with blank password.
 *  Thread Starter [alaingg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alaingg/)
 * (@alaingg)
 * [17 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903072)
 * Yes, I just get the $blog_id=1 (for wordpressMU It can be different).
 * This works.
    $client->query(‘wp.getPages’,’1′,’admin’,’admin’)
 * Thank you.
 *  [brendonkozlowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendonkozlowski/)
 * (@brendonkozlowski)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903375)
 * Is the IXR_Client class what everyone seems to use as their PHP RPCXML class 
   of choice? I’ve been looking around for libraries to use and haven’t really found
   any except this and one from DentedReality ([http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/phpbloggerapi/class/](http://dentedreality.com.au/projects/phpbloggerapi/class/))–
   I am probably using the wrong search criteria.
 * Is anyone aware of a PHP5 based implementation similar to Simon Willison’s?
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903376)
 * You can still use IXR on PHP5.
 *  [brendonkozlowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendonkozlowski/)
 * (@brendonkozlowski)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903377)
 * Thank you, Joseph. As the IXR_Client was bundled with WordPress, I figured it
   was more well-supported by WordPress itself and went with it. I was able to query
   the categories with the wp_getCategories XMLRPC method, but had issue with the
   mw_newPost method. I’d like to learn more about these protocols but it’s difficult
   to find information that’s not outdated or no longer on the web.
 * I think I’ll try the mailing list.
 *  [brendonkozlowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendonkozlowski/)
 * (@brendonkozlowski)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903378)
 * Hmm… Programmer’s error, I forgot to update the variable name in the procedure
   call when I updated it in the earlier code.
 * I may still try the mailing list in the future. If I simply have newbie questions
   over protocols, such as ATOM, should I message the wp-xmlrpc list or the wp-hackers
   list? It looks like the xmlrpc list is more for WordPress developers and hardcore
   blogging applications developers to communicate. (Here’s hoping you come back
   to view this message.)
 *  [Joseph Scott](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephscott/)
 * (@josephscott)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903379)
 * If it’s about AtomPub or XML-RPC I’d suggest the wp-xmlrpc email list. There 
   are XML-RPC client devs on there as well, which is good because they’ve had lots
   of experience dealing with various quirks.
 *  [brendonkozlowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brendonkozlowski/)
 * (@brendonkozlowski)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/xmlrpc-client/#post-903380)
 * Thanks Joseph!

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