# Writing a Rails blog that supports Blogger API?

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [January 15, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-rails-blog-that-supports-blogger-api/126083 "2008-01-15T09:14:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:14am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-rails-blog-that-supports-blogger-api/126083/1 "2008-01-15T09:14:57Z")

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Part of the current project that I’m working on is a blog, and one of  
the things I’d like to do is be able to post to the blog from other  
applications, using a common interface.

Right now I use the program Windows Live Writer, which supports  
Livejournal, Blogger, WordPress, and other blogging systems, to do all  
my blog posting. I write the post in Live Writer, then I can send it  
to my LJ, my Blogger blog, or WordPress blogs that I’m a part of it,  
in just a few clicks.

I’d like to be able to add my Rails blog to that list. What would be  
the best way to go about that?

I don’t have any experience with MetaWeblog API, beyond hearing the  
name. Would I want to look into that? If not that, what would be the  
best option?

Thanks!  
Jeff

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:34am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-rails-blog-that-supports-blogger-api/126083/2 "2008-01-15T09:34:18Z")

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I was looking sor something like it a few days ago, i found this page  
but I have not had time to read it. There are MetaWeblog apis written  
for RoR. Maybe it helps to solve your problem…  
Oh, the link:  
[http://dev.moriq.com/svn/local/rails/trunk/actionwebservice/examples/metaWeblog/](http://dev.moriq.com/svn/local/rails/trunk/actionwebservice/examples/metaWeblog/)

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**Author:** ![jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@jeff](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/jeff)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/writing-a-rails-blog-that-supports-blogger-api/126083/3 "2008-01-15T10:47:10Z")

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Chapter 6 of ‘Practical Rails Social Networking Sites’ by Alan  
Bradburne implements a blogging engine with a subset of the Blogger  
API. You might find that useful.

[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Rails-Social-Networking-Experts/dp/1590598415/ref=sr\_1\_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200390323&sr=1-1](http://www.amazon.co.uk/Practical-Rails-Social-Networking-Experts/dp/1590598415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1200390323&sr=1-1)

Regards

Walter