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 BlogIt
Windows Live
BlogIt

The BlogIt API is a simple URL based API that can be used to post a blog entry to Windows Live Spaces.

Parameter Required Description

Title

See Remarks

The title becomes the subject of the blog entry.

Description

See Remarks

This is filled into the message body.

SourceURL

See Remarks

The URL of the source page. The URL is pre-appended to the description before being put in the message body.

Any one of the above parameters can be supplied to achieve a successful result. For example, supplying only title will yield success.

The example above passes properties of the current page into the API

http://spaces.live.com/BlogIt.aspx?Title=" + escape(document.title) + "&SourceURL=" + escape(window.location.href) + "&description=" + escape(sel.text)

BlogIt accepts arguments using either querystring or form post.

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