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Technorati Ping - JScript WSH (javascript with XMLHTTP)

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Run in cmd with:

> CScript pingTechnorati.js BLOG_NAME BLOG_URL

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// Technorati Ping
// Sends out XML-RPC ping for blog updates to technorati

(function technoratiPing() {

WScript.Echo("Technorati Ping
");

if(WScript.Arguments.length < 2) {
		WScript.Echo("Usage: BLOG_NAME BLOG_URL");
		WScript.Quit();
	}

var blogName = WScript.Arguments.Item(0);
	var blogURL = WScript.Arguments.Item(1);

var xmlBody = 
	"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" +
	"<methodCall>" +
	"  <methodName>weblogUpdates.ping</methodName>" +
	"  <params>" +
	"    <param>" +
	"      <value>" + blogName + "</value>" +
	"    </param>" +
	"    <param>" +
	"      <value>" + blogURL + "</value>" +
	"    </param>" +
	"  </params>" +
	"</methodCall>";

var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

xmlhttp.open("POST", "http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping",false);
	xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml");
	xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Length","250");
	xmlhttp.send(xmlBody);

WScript.Echo(getResult(xmlhttp));

//Function to inspect the xml response and print out message.
	//@Warning make some assumtions about the xml format
	function getResult(request) {
	  if (request.readyState == 4) {
		if (request.status == 200) {

var outputBuffer = "";

var members = request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("member");

for (var x=0; x < members.length; x++) {

var name = members[x].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				var value = members[x].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;

outputBuffer += name + ":" + value + "
";
			}

return outputBuffer; 
		}
	  }
	}
})();

URL: http://technorati.com/developers/ping/

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