wordpress php post new blog, how to get response? - php

Question

I am creating a new wp blog post via a php post. How can I get a response with the blog post id?
One way I can think of is to get the most recent blog post id, but I would like a more foolproof way of doing it.
<?php
require_once("IXR_Library.php.inc");
$client->debug = true; //Set it to false in Production Environment
$title="Blog Title"; // $title variable will insert your blog title
$body="Blog Content"; // $body will insert your blog content (article content)
$category="category1, category2"; // Comma seperated pre existing categories. Ensure that these categories exists in your blog.
$keywords="keyword1, keyword2, keyword3";
$customfields=array('key'=>'Author-bio', 'value'=>'Autor Bio Here'); // Insert your custom values like this in Key, Value format
$title = htmlentities($title,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$keywords = htmlentities($keywords,ENT_NOQUOTES,$encoding);
$content = array(
'title'=>$title,
'description'=>$body,
'mt_allow_comments'=>0, // 1 to allow comments
'mt_allow_pings'=>0, // 1 to allow trackbacks
'post_type'=>'post',
'mt_keywords'=>$keywords,
'categories'=>array($category),
'custom_fields' => array($customfields)
);
// Create the client object
$client = new IXR_Client('Your Blog Path/xmlrpc.php');
$username = "USERNAME";
$password = "PASSWORD";
$params = array(0,$username,$password,$content,true); // Last parameter is 'true' which means post immideately, to save as draft set it as 'false'
// Run a query for PHP
if (!$client->query('metaWeblog.newPost', $params)) {
die('Something went wrong - '.$client->getErrorCode().' : '.$client->getErrorMessage());
}
else
echo "Article Posted Successfully";
?>

Answer 1

instead of ending with
else
echo "Article Posted Successfully";
Use:
$ID = $client->getResponse();
if ($ID)
echo 'Article Posted Successfully. ID = '.$ID;