Example XMLRPC POST for node.create
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30 April 2025
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Example POST (D6)
<?xml version='1.0' ?>
<methodCall>
<methodName>node.create</methodName>
<params>
<param>
<value>
<struct>
<member>
<name>type</name>
<value>
<string>story</string>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>body</name>
<value>
<string>Create body input</string>
</value>
</member>
<member>
<name>title</name>
<value>
<string>Test title</string>
</value>
</member>
</struct>
</value>
</param>
</params>
</methodCall>
(For code applying to the D7 node model, see this comment)
Expected responses
Response code:
if successful:
- 200 OK
The body contains the nid of the new node.
if unsuccessful:
Response codes:
- 401 Unauthorized:
- Wrong username or password.
- 406 Not Acceptable:
- Title field required / type field is required
Testing the code on your server
- On your endpoint make sure you enabled the XMLRPC backend and the 'node' resource including the 'create' action.
- For unauthenticated testing, give anonymous users the permission to create 'article' nodes.
- Using one of these tools, POST the code to your resource's URL (http://mydrupalsite/foo/node), with 'content-type' being set to 'text/xml' or 'application/xml'.
- If you aliased the 'node' resource, both the POST URL and the
<methodName>need to be adapted.
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