-----Original Message----- From: sbswift [mailto:sbsw...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:28 PM To: blog...@googlegroups.com Subject: [bloggerDev] Atom API & Blogger (newbie)

Hi,

First, I hope my question here is appropriate. I've noticed the blogger api app key registration (http://www.blogger.com/developers/api/1_docs/register.html) no longer points to a valid page, so I'm assuming it's better to use the atom api.

However, it's got me a bit stumped (after trailing through many many pages). And while it may seem simple, I can't figure out what they mean by do an HTTP POST with the body as an entry (to create a new post). To me, this doesn't seem to mean make a form with the post action to the createEntry URI. But I'm not sure how else to do it.

FYI, I'm trying to make a web form to be able to post to a blog (without having to be on the blogger site). I've seen a PHP client and I sort of understand what it's doing with php://input although not entirely. Also, I don't understand why MySQL is necissary, and if there's a way to work without a database. Perl isn't an option either.

Do you have any suggestions how to set up an html page or php script to create a post using the atom api? I'd greatly appreciate it.