Endpoints in AspNetCore.XmlRpc Explained

There are four endpoints exposed by the middleware: summary, RSD, manifest for blog capability and RPC call main endpoint.

Summary endpoint

Summary endpoint provides the information about what XML-RPC methods are implemented. One sample page looks like below:

RSD Endpoint

RSD endpoint exposes the available APIs that can be invoked.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rsd xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wlw/manifest/weblog" version="1.0">
<service>
<engineName>AspNetCore.XmlRpc</engineName>
<homePageLink>https://kontext.tech/Blog/MyBlog</homePageLink>
<apis>
<api blogID="MyBlog" apiLink=http://mywebsite.com/api/xmlrpc/endpoint/MyBlog preferred="true" name="MetaWeblog"/>
</apis>
</service>
</rsd>

Manifest Endpoint

Manifest endpoint provides information about the available Blog capabilities, which will be utilized client tools.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<manifest xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wlw/manifest/weblog">
<options>
<clientType>Metaweblog</clientType>
<supportsExcerpt>Yes</supportsExcerpt>
<supportsNewCategories>Yes</supportsNewCategories>
<supportsNewCategoriesInline>Yes</supportsNewCategoriesInline>
<supportsPostAsDraft>Yes</supportsPostAsDraft>
<supportsFileUpload>Yes</supportsFileUpload>
<supportsKeywords>Yes</supportsKeywords>
<supportsSlug>Yes</supportsSlug>
</options>
</manifest>

Refer to the following link for the complete list of capabilities.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb463260.aspx

Main endpoint

Http post calls will be directed to this endpoint and it is the place that all the RPC requests are parsed, executed and responded.