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Posting comments on blogs via a library
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 6:58 pm
by Luke
Is there a standard in place for posting comments on blogs? Like I know there are "trackbacks" and "pingbacks" etc. but if I wanted to create a library that posts to blogs (if said blog has such a technology enabled), how would I go about it? Is it impossible? Good idea? Bad idea?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:54 pm
by s.dot
I don't see why it wouldn't be possible, with cooperation from the blog scripts/owners. I think that's a fantastic idea!
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 8:34 pm
by Luke
It seems like there should be a standard for this. There is a standard for getting incoming link information (pingback/trackback)... why not incoming comments? If there is no standard for this, there definitely should be.
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 10:35 pm
by Kieran Huggins
It seems like you should be able to simply POST to the blog with appropriate data fields. As long as they accept the post, you just need to identify the blog platform and change your keys accordingly.
Your biggest problem will be defeating anti-spam stuff. Maybe that's why there's no machine-accessible comment interface?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:15 pm
by Luke
yes that is likely the reason, but I don't see any reason why there shouldn't be some standard way of posting comments on blogs. Maybe there could be some type of white-list in the backend of whatever software you're using. That seems feasible, no?. Maybe I'll do a little research...
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:32 am
by feyd
Provided there's a private key or similar, I don't see a problem with it as far as accepting the post... or a private email address like Blogger.