Title: wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_getPost
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# wp_xmlrpc_server::blogger_getPost( array $args ): array|󠀁[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)󠁿

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#hooks)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves a post.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$args`arrayrequired

Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

 * `0` int
 * Blog ID (unused).
 * `1` int
 * Post ID.
 * `2` string
 * Username.
 * `3` string
 * Password.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array|[IXR_Error](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/)

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public function blogger_getPost( $args ) {
    	$this->escape( $args );

    	$post_id  = (int) $args[1];
    	$username = $args[2];
    	$password = $args[3];

    	$user = $this->login( $username, $password );
    	if ( ! $user ) {
    		return $this->error;
    	}

    	$post_data = get_post( $post_id, ARRAY_A );
    	if ( ! $post_data ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 404, __( 'Invalid post ID.' ) );
    	}

    	if ( ! current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ) ) {
    		return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit this post.' ) );
    	}

    	/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
    	do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'blogger.getPost', $args, $this );

    	$categories = implode( ',', wp_get_post_categories( $post_id ) );

    	$content  = '<title>' . wp_unslash( $post_data['post_title'] ) . '</title>';
    	$content .= '<category>' . $categories . '</category>';
    	$content .= wp_unslash( $post_data['post_content'] );

    	$struct = array(
    		'userid'      => $post_data['post_author'],
    		'dateCreated' => $this->_convert_date( $post_data['post_date'] ),
    		'content'     => $content,
    		'postid'      => (string) $post_data['ID'],
    	);

    	return $struct;
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L4971)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php#L4971-L5009)

## 󠀁[Hooks](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#hooks)󠁿

 [do_action( ‘xmlrpc_call’, string $name, array|string $args, wp_xmlrpc_server $server )](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/xmlrpc_call/)

Fires after the XML-RPC user has been authenticated but before the rest of the method
logic begins.

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [wp_get_post_categories()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_post_categories/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves the list of categories for a post.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::_convert_date()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/_convert_date/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Converts a WordPress date string to an [IXR_Date](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_date/) object.

  | 
| [IXR_Error::__construct()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/ixr_error/__construct/)`wp-includes/IXR/class-IXR-error.php` |

PHP5 constructor.

  | 
| [current_user_can()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/current_user_can/)`wp-includes/capabilities.php` |

Returns whether the current user has the specified capability.

  | 
| [__()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/__/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the translation of $text.

  | 
| [wp_unslash()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_unslash/)`wp-includes/formatting.php` |

Removes slashes from a string or recursively removes slashes from strings within an array.

  | 
| [do_action()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/do_action/)`wp-includes/plugin.php` |

Calls the callback functions that have been added to an action hook.

  | 
| [get_post()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post/)`wp-includes/post.php` |

Retrieves post data given a post ID or post object.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::escape()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/escape/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Escapes string or array of strings for database.

  | 
| [wp_xmlrpc_server::login()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/login/)`wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php` |

Logs user in.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_xmlrpc_server/blogger_getpost/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [1.5.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/1.5.0/) | Introduced. |

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