Imports System
Imports CookComputing.XmlRpc
Imports System.Net

Namespace MetaWeblogApi

    '/ <summary> 
    '/ This struct represents information about a user's blog. 
    '/ </summary> 
    <XmlRpcMissingMapping(MappingAction.Ignore)> _
    Structure UserBlog
        Public url As String
        Public blogid As String
        Public blogName As String
    End Structure

    '/ <summary> 
    '/ This struct represents information about a user. 
    '/ </summary> 
    <XmlRpcMissingMapping(MappingAction.Ignore)> _
    Structure UserInfo
        Public url As String
        Public blogid As String
        Public blogName As String
        Public firstname As String
        Public lastname As String
        Public email As String
        Public nickname As String
    End Structure

    '/ <summary> 
    '/ This struct represents the information about a category that could be returned by the 
    '/ getCategories() method. 
    '/ </summary> 
    <XmlRpcMissingMapping(MappingAction.Ignore)> _
    Structure Category
        Public description As String
        Public title As String
    End Structure

    '/ <summary> 
    '/ This struct represents the information about a post that could be returned by the 
    '/ editPost(), getRecentPosts() and getPost() methods. 
    '/ </summary> 
    <XmlRpcMissingMapping(MappingAction.Ignore)> _
    Structure Post
        Public dateCreated As DateTime
        Public description As String
        Public title As String
        Public postid As String
        Public categories() As String
    End Structure

    '/ <summary> 
    '/ This class can be used to programmatically interact with a Weblog on 
    '/ MSN Spaces using the MetaWeblog API. 
    '/ </summary> 
    <XmlRpcUrl("https://storage.msn.com/storageservice/MetaWeblog.rpc")> _
    Class MsnSpacesMetaWeblog
        Inherits XmlRpcClientProtocol


        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Returns the most recent draft and non-draft blog posts sorted in descending order by publish date. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="blogid">This should be the string MyBlog, which indicates that the post is being created in the user’s blog.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <param name="numberOfPosts">The number of posts to return. The maximum value is 20.</param> 
        '/ <returns></returns> 
        <XmlRpcMethod("metaWeblog.getRecentPosts")> _
Public Function getRecentPosts(ByVal blogid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal numberOfPosts As Integer) As Post()

            Return CType(Me.Invoke("getRecentPosts", New Object() {blogid, username, password, numberOfPosts}), Post())
        End Function 'getRecentPosts


        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Posts a new entry to a blog. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="blogid">This should be the string MyBlog, which indicates that the post is being created in the user’s blog.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <param name="post">A struct representing the content to update. </param> 
        '/ <param name="publish">If false, this is a draft post.</param> 
        '/ <returns>The postid of the newly-created post.</returns> 
        <XmlRpcMethod("metaWeblog.newPost")> _ 
        Public Function newPost(ByVal blogid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal content As Post, ByVal publish As Boolean) As String

            Return CStr(Me.Invoke("newPost", New Object() {blogid, username, password, content, publish}))
        End Function 'newPost

        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Edits an existing entry on a blog. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="postid">The ID of the post to update.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <param name="post">A struct representing the content to update. </param> 
        '/ <param name="publish">If false, this is a draft post.</param> 
        '/ <returns>Always returns true.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("metaWeblog.editPost")> _ 
        Public Function editPost(ByVal postid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal content As Post, ByVal publish As Boolean) As Boolean

            Return CBool(Me.Invoke("editPost", New Object() {postid, username, password, content, publish}))
        End Function 'editPost

        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Deletes a post from the blog. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="appKey">This value is ignored.</param> 
        '/ <param name="postid">The ID of the post to update.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <param name="post">A struct representing the content to update. </param> 
        '/ <param name="publish">This value is ignored.</param> 
        '/ <returns>Always returns true.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("blogger.deletePost")> _ 
        Public Function deletePost(ByVal appKey As String, ByVal postid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String, ByVal publish As Boolean) As Boolean

            Return CBool(Me.Invoke("deletePost", New Object() {appKey, postid, username, password, publish}))
        End Function 'deletePost


        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Returns information about the user’s space. An empty array is returned if the user does not have a space. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="appKey">This value is ignored.</param> 
        '/ <param name="postid">The ID of the post to update.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param>
        '/ <returns>An array of structs that represents each of the user’s blogs.
        '/ The array will contain a maximum of one struct, since a user can only have a single space with a single blog.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("blogger.getUsersBlogs")> _ 
        Public Function getUsersBlogs(ByVal appKey As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String) As UserBlog()

            Return CType(Me.Invoke("getUsersBlogs", New Object() {appKey, username, password}), UserBlog())
        End Function 'getUsersBlogs

        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Returns basic user info (name, e-mail, userid, and so on). 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="appKey">This value is ignored.</param> 
        '/ <param name="postid">The ID of the post to update.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param>
        '/ <returns>A struct containing profile information about the user. 
        '/Each struct will contain the following fields: nickname, userid, url, e-mail, 
        '/lastname, and firstname.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("blogger.getUserInfo")> _ 
        Public Function getUserInfo(ByVal appKey As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String) As UserInfo

            Return CType(Me.Invoke("getUserInfo", New Object() {appKey, username, password}), UserInfo)
        End Function 'getUserInfo


        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Returns a specific entry from a blog. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="postid">The ID of the post to update.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <returns>Always returns true.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("metaWeblog.getPost")> _ 
        Public Function getPost(ByVal postid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String) As Post

            Return CType(Me.Invoke("getPost", New Object() {postid, username, password}), Post)
        End Function 'getPost

        '/ <summary> 
        '/ Returns the list of categories that have been used in the blog. 
        '/ </summary> 
        '/ <param name="blogid">This should be the string MyBlog, which indicates that the post is being created in the user’s blog.</param> 
        '/ <param name="username">The name of the user’s space.</param> 
        '/ <param name="password">The user’s secret word.</param> 
        '/ <returns>An array of structs that contains one struct for each category.
        '/ Each category struct will contain a description field that contains the name of the category.</returns> 
<XmlRpcMethod("metaWeblog.getCategories")> _ 
        Public Function getCategories(ByVal blogid As String, ByVal username As String, ByVal password As String) As Category()

            Return CType(Me.Invoke("getCategories", New Object() {blogid, username, password}), Category())
        End Function 'getCategories

        '/ <summary> 
        '/ The main entry point for the application. 
        '/ </summary> 
        <STAThread()> _
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)

            Dim mw As MsnSpacesMetaWeblog = New MsnSpacesMetaWeblog
            Dim username As String = "!Space3*Pqc3*yUo00Y0!"
            Dim password As String = "mYsEcReTwOrD"
            mw.Credentials = New NetworkCredential(username, password)

            Try

                Dim post As Post = New Post
                post.categories = New String() {"Test Posts"}

                post.title = "Test 3"
                post.description = "This is my 3rd test post"
                post.dateCreated = DateTime.Now

                Dim id As String = mw.newPost("MyBlog", username, password, post, True)

                post.title = "Test 3 (typo fixed)"

                mw.editPost(id, username, password, post, True)

                post = mw.getPost(id, username, password)
                Console.WriteLine("Just edited the post with the title '{0}' at '{1}'", post.title, post.dateCreated)
                '  display list of categories used on the blog */ 
                Dim categories() As Category = mw.getCategories("MyBlog", username, password)

                Dim c As Category
                For Each c In categories
                    Console.WriteLine("Category: {0}", c.description)
                Next
                '  display title of the ten most recent posts. */ 
                Dim posts() As Post = mw.getRecentPosts("MyBlog", username, password, 10)

                Dim p As Post
                For Each p In posts
                    Console.WriteLine("Post Title: {0}", p.title)
                Next

                mw.deletePost(String.Empty, id, username, password, True)
                Console.WriteLine("The post entitled '{0}' has been deleted", post.title)
                '  get info on user's blogs */ 
                Dim blogs() As UserBlog = mw.getUsersBlogs(String.Empty, username, password)

                Dim b As UserBlog
                For Each b In blogs
                    Console.WriteLine("The URL of '{0}' is {1}", b.blogName, b.url)
                Next
                '  get info on the user */ 
                Dim user As UserInfo = mw.getUserInfo(String.Empty, username, password)
                Console.WriteLine("{0} {1} ({2}) is the owner of the space whose URL is {3}", user.firstname, user.lastname, user.email, user.url)


            Catch xrfe As XmlRpcFaultException
                Console.WriteLine("ERROR: {0}", xrfe.FaultString)
            End Try
            Console.ReadLine()
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace