What is XML-RPC? It's a spec and a set of implementations that allow software running on disparate operating systems, running in different environments to make procedure calls over the Internet.

Discoverability. We wanted a clean, extensible format that's very simple. It should be possible for an HTML coder to be able to look at a file containing an XML-RPC procedure call, understand what it's …

The new JavaScript toolkit for XML-RPC supports a JSON syntax. Below are five examples first showing the standard XML-RPC syntax followed by the experimental JavaScript syntax.

Applications should use the fault-response scheme defined by XML-RPC. For example, trying to create, get, or edit a post without a valid username-password should generate a fault.

It's remote procedure calling using HTTP as the transport and XML as the encoding. XML-RPC is designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, …

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5. If Google asks us to turn this off, we will do it, quickly. 6. UserLand does not keep a copy of the keys that pass through this server. We don't use this information in any way, and will not do so in the …

That's where the prize is, in the activation of minds. Yes, you could do it with REST. You don't even need XML, but since that's what's happening, go with the flow, let's make new apps, and let's enjoy …

But back then I didn't have a website to document this stuff, and I didn't have "XML-RPC" as a great insurance policy against this kind of misbehavior. All they can do is screw SOAP, they can't screw …