Joomla XML-RPC & .NET

Question

I Want to build a .NET application that can Communicate with Joomla so that i can Access the Joomla Database and components to Perform Various Functions.

So how do i get started in order to do so. I need to access the Joomla Articles and Jcal Event Calender and display the Data on .NET WinForm and Windows Mobile Application later on.

So i am looking For: How to work with Joomla XM-RPC

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Using it in .NET Application !

Answer 1

You need to do couple of things:

1. Create XML-RPC plug-in for you application
2. Create .NET application that will interact with your XML-RPC

To gets started you need to know how XML-RPC works, see their site for documentation. Look at Joomla's XML-RPC plug-in and modify it to your needs. Create .NET application to interact with the site via remote procedure call, which is very simle (just requesting url with parameters and keys). Your .NET will receive XML back, parse it (by using LINQ or DOMParser, or SAX if you like *jk) and implement your program logic.

See following threads:

• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1694205/joomla-and-xmlrpc
• http://forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?t=262894
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2362252/joomla-and-xmlrpc-incorrect-parameters-passed-to-method

Answer 2

Have a look at this great library: XML-RPC.NET. It should make your life a lot easier.