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XML-RPC overview

Last updated on
30 November 2016

From Drupal 4.0.x to 7.x, the XML-RPC subsystem is included in Drupal core. In Drupal 8, it has been moved to the XML-RPC contributed module.

The XML-RPC subsystem gives external systems the opportunity to communicate with the site through the XML-RPC protocol. Pointing an XML-RPC client at http://sitename/xmlrpc.php allows this communication to take place. For more information, see the online handbook entry for XML-RPC API.

Performs one or more XML-RPC request(s).

Usage example

$result = xmlrpc('http://example.com/xmlrpc.php', array(
  'service.methodName' => array($parameter, $second, $third),
));
  • $url: An absolute URL of the XML-RPC endpoint.
  • $args: An associative array whose keys are the methods to call and whose values are the arguments to pass to the respective method. If multiple methods are specified, a system.multicall is performed.
  • $headers: (optional) An array of headers to pass along.
  • @return
    • For one request:
      • Either the return value of the method on success, or FALSE.
      • If FALSE is returned, see xmlrpc_errno() and xmlrpc_error_msg().
    • For multiple requests:
      • An array of results. Each result will either be the result returned by the method called, or an xmlrpc_error object if the call failed. See xmlrpc_error().

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