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Introduction

The Blogger API v3 allows client applications to view and update Blogger content. Your client application can use Blogger API v3 to create new blog posts, edit or delete existing posts, and query for posts that match particular criteria.

Here are some of the things you can do with the Blogger API v3:

• Add a running list of blog posts, pages and comments to a non-Blogger hosted site.
• Create browser based applications and mobile apps that enable people to create and manage their posts from where ever they are.
• Create a desktop application or plugin that allows users to create and edit posts from the desktop.

• Before you start

  Get a Google Account

  Make sure that you have a Google Account set up. We recommend that you use a separate Google Account for development and testing purposes to protect yourself from accidental data loss. If you already have a test account, then you're all set; you can visit the Blogger user interface to set up, edit, or view your test data.

  Get familiar with Blogger

  If you're unfamiliar with Blogger concepts, read this document and experiment with the user interface before starting to code. This document assumes that you're familiar with Blogger, with web programming concepts, and with web data formats.

  Learn about authorizing requests and identifying your application

  When your application requests private data, the request must be authorized by an authenticated user who has access to that data.

  When your application requests public data, the request doesn't need to be authorized, but does need to be accompanied by an identifier, such as an API key.

  For information about how to authorize requests and use API keys, see Authorizing requests and identifying your application in the Using the API document.

  Blogger API background

  Blogger concepts

  Blogger is built on five basic concepts:

  • Blogs: The root concept of the API. A blog has posts and pages. This is the container for blog meta-information like blog name and Description.
  • Posts: A blog post is the publishable item that the blog author has created. This information is meant to be timely, reflecting what the authors want to publish to the world now. It is understood that as time passes, blog posts content ages and becomes less relevent.
  • Comments: A comment is the place where people other than the blog post author react to what the author has written. Everything from bricks to bouquets.
  • Pages: A page is a place for static content, such as biographical information, or the ways to contact the user. This is generally timeless information that doesn't change very often.
  • Users: A user is someone who interacts with Blogger, be they acting as an Author, an Administrator, or just a Reader. For public blogs, readers may be anonymous, but on private blogs a reader must be identified by Blogger.