[development] Info needed to add content to Drupal via shell/curl script

[Greg Dunlap]

On the Drupal side, you should also look at the Services module, which
offers XML-RPC services for creating nodes as well as many other Drupal
functions.

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Richard Morse <remorse at partners.org> wrote:

> I developed something similar which uses the XML-RPC mechanism to create
> nodes. I wrote a custom module to receive the data, create a node object,
> and call node_save() on it. To submit the data, I used Perl.
>
> If you're interested, I can send you the code.
>
> Ricky
>
>
> On Jan 4, 2009, at 3:39 AM, M. Fioretti wrote:
>
>  Greetings,
>>
>> I would like to ask all Drupal developers where to find the info to do
>> what I describe below. I have already found almost identical questions
>> asked both on the support list and in the forums at drupal.org, but they
>> did not receive complete answers, so here I am.
>>
>> I want to write a shell script which takes as input an HTML file and other
>> parameters (title, category, etc...) and then, using curl and the POST
>> method, logs into a Drupal website, adds a node with that text and
>> parameters, logs off and returns the complete URL assigned by drupal to
>> that page.
>>
>> The information I need is:
>>
>> - what is the exact sequence of pages (relative URLs) that drupal presents
>> to users who login and then want to add a node?
>> - what is the complete list of POST parameters (assuming there is only one
>> custom category CAT_1) that drupal wants to see POSTed to each of those
>> pages?
>> - how much the two answers above depend on drupal version, or will change
>> in the future?
>>
>> Important: I know I can look at all the http headers going back and forth
>> between browser and drupal, and using this approach I have *already*
>> written a working draft of the script myself, but I'm looking for a
>> better, more reliable way to do this. I found that the script won't work
>> consistantly, meaning that I'd have to tweak it every time if Drupal
>> version changes or (usign it on other sites) depending on which modules
>> are installed.
>>
>> So, is there any official documentation which contains complete, reliable
>> answers to the questions above? In other words, is there a better, more
>> reliable and future-proof way to get those answers than studying source
>> code or raw http sessions by trial and error?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for any feedback and happy 2009!
>>
>> Marco
>>
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>>
>>
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