Blogger

Blogger

Google-hosted blog-publishing platform for creating and managing blogs.

Capabilities

• Discover blogs — list all blogs the authenticated user owns, or get details of a specific blog by ID.
• Manage posts — create new posts (publish or save as draft), update existing posts, delete posts, and list or search posts with filtering by status (DRAFT/LIVE/SCHEDULED).
• Browse content — read full post content, list static pages, list comments on posts.
• Labels/tags — assign labels when creating or updating posts for categorization.

Data Model

• Blogs — top-level containers with a name, URL, locale, and counts of posts/pages. Identified by blog_id.
• Posts — timestamped entries with HTML content, title, labels, and author. Can be DRAFT, LIVE, or SCHEDULED.
• Pages — static content (About, Contact) attached to a blog. Similar to posts but not time-ordered.
• Comments — threaded discussion on individual posts, with author and timestamp.

Common Workflows

1. Publish a post: Enumerate your blogs to get the blog_id, then create a post with title + HTML content.
2. Draft and review: Create with is_draft=true, review, then update when ready (updates move drafts to published when you configure that transition).
3. Content audit: Enumerate posts, optionally filter by status, search by keyword.
4. Update existing content: Open a post by id, modify title/content/labels, save the update.

Gotchas

• blog_id is required for almost every operation — copy it from the blog directory first.
• Post content is HTML — plain text works but won't have formatting.
• Delete is permanent and cannot be undone.
• Failed writes usually mean the connected identity cannot perform that action on the target blog or post.