How to Use AspNetCore.XmlRpc

This post provides the detailed steps about how to use AspNetCore.XmlRpc in your .net core projects.

1. Install the package

You can install the package through NuGet PowerShell module:

Install-Package AspNetCore.XmlRpc

2. Configurations

In your appsettings.json, add the following configuration section under root:

"XmlRpc": {
     "GenerateSummary": "true",
     "SummaryEndpoint": "/api/xmlrpc/summary",
     "RsdEndpoint": "/api/xmlrpc/rsd",
     "Endpoint": "/api/xmlrpc/endpoint",
     "EngineName": "AspNetCore.XmlRpc",
     "BlogIdTokenName": "blogId",
     "HomePageEndpointPattern": "/Blog/{blogId}",
     "ManifestEndpoint": "/api/xmlrpc/manifest"
   }

3. Change Startup.cs class

3.1 Register service

You need to implement your own IMetaWeblogXmlRpcService.

// This method gets called by the runtime. Use this method to add services to the container.
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
             // Configure XmlRpc
             services.Configure<XmlRpcOptions>(Configuration.GetSection("XmlRpc"));

            // Add meta weblog
             services.AddMetaWeblog<MetaWeblogXmlRpcService, DefaultMetaWeblogEndpointProvider>();

            services.AddMvc();
         }

3.2 Use middleware

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory, IDatabaseInitializer dbInitializer)
         {

            //…

            app.UseStaticFiles();

            // Use XmlRpc middleware
             app.UseMetaWeblog();

            app.UseMvc(routes =>
             {
                 routes.MapRoute(
                     name: "default",
                     template: "{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");
                 routes.MapRoute(
                     name: "areas",
                     template: "{area:exists}/{controller=Home}/{action=Index}/{id?}");

            });
         }

3.3 Implement your own MetaWeblog XML-RPC services.

You can also inject any scoped or singleton services into your own service. For example the following sample shows that the service depends on a number of other services.

public class MetaWeblogXmlRpcService : IMetaWeblogXmlRpcService
     {
         private readonly IConfigService configService;
         private readonly IContextUnitOfWork unitOfWork;
         private readonly UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager;
         private readonly SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager;
         private readonly ILogger<MetaWeblogXmlRpcService> logger;
         private readonly IHttpContextAccessor contextAccessor;
         private readonly IOptions<BlogConfig> blogOptions;
         private readonly IOptions<SiteConfig> siteOptions;
         private readonly IHostingEnvironment environment;

        public MetaWeblogXmlRpcService(IConfigService configService,
             IContextUnitOfWork unitOfWork,
             UserManager<ApplicationUser> userManager,
             SignInManager<ApplicationUser> signInManager,
             ILogger<MetaWeblogXmlRpcService> logger,
             IHttpContextAccessor contextAccessor,
             IOptions<BlogConfig> blogOptions,
             IOptions<SiteConfig> siteOptions,
             IHostingEnvironment environment)
         {

}

}

3.5 Add links to your blog home page

This step is necessary to ensure that client tools like Open Live Writer can automatically detect the settings.

<link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" title="RSD" href="@string.Concat(options.Value.RsdEndpoint,'/','myblogid' )" />
<link rel="wlwmanifest" type="application/wlwmanifest+xml" href="@string.Concat(options.Value.ManifestEndpoint,'/','myblogid' )" />

4. Sample project

https://github.com/FahaoTang/AspNetCore.XmlRpc