xml-rpc

[catness]

Hi all,

I had asked a question about the missing XML-RPC custom groups support a while ago. Just now I've installed a local DW clone for testing, and hacked ljprotocol.pl to support a new method called "gettrustgroups" - it looks exactly like "getfriendgroups" but returns trust groups. My LJ-client (qtxpost - it's fully functional now, at least for posting/editing) calls this method in addition to "login", if the server is described in config as a "dreamwidth" code branch, to replace the empty groups list returned on login.

So far it seems to be working :) I wonder if you would accept a patch for it, or you've been planning to do it in a different way and it's anyway too cheeky for a newcomer to poke around important code? Also, is it possible to join DW development team, even if I can't guarantee how much time I would be able to dedicate to it? (I work a full-time job as a programmer/sysadmin.)

Comments

[mark]

Oh, I would absolutely love someone to work on the protocol! zvi is exactly right, though, I have thoughts in my head about how it should work that haven't made it out yet.

However, I'd rather have something out there that works, so if you take this up and make it happen I'm not going to complain and even if it's not how I would do it you can bet it'll get accepted and put into the codebase.

[catness]

Great! thank you!!

So then, adding this one function will be the first step, and because it can't be really tested without a proper client, I'll upload the new version of my program with all the changes, too - hopefully all will be done tomorrow.

[denise]

If you need help testing or need a development environment to work in, etc, just post here. We can mobilize people to help test quite easily!

[catness]

Wondeful! thank you! I do have a development environment (just installed a DW-clone yesterday, and I really appreciate how smoothly everything works! compared to LJ, anyway.) The client program will definitely benefit from more testing. Maybe it can be included into the list of DW-recommended clients someday...

[denise]

Oh, trust me, we'll promote the heck out of it :)

[denise]

Maybe braindump your thoughts into a dw_dev post or Wiki page to have a starting place to work from?

(And yes, protocol work would be awesome.)