wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaLibrary( array $args )

Retrieves a collection of media library items (or attachments)


Description

Besides the common blog_id (unused), username, and password arguments, it takes a filter array as last argument.

Accepted ‘filter’ keys are ‘parent_id’, ‘mime_type’, ‘offset’, and ‘number’.

The defaults are as follows:

  • ‘number’ – Default is 5. Total number of media items to retrieve.
  • ‘offset’ – Default is 0. See WP_Query::query() for more.
  • ‘parent_id’ – Default is ”. The post where the media item is attached. Empty string shows all media items. 0 shows unattached media items.
  • ‘mime_type’ – Default is ”. Filter by mime type (e.g., ‘image/jpeg’, ‘application/pdf’)

Parameters

$args

(array) (Required) Method arguments. Note: arguments must be ordered as documented.

  • 'blog_id'
    (int) (unused)
  • 'username'
    (string)
  • 'password'
    (string)
  • 'struct'
    (array)


Return

(array|IXR_Error) Contains a collection of media items. See wp_xmlrpc_server::wp_getMediaItem() for a description of each item contents


Source

File: wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php

	public function wp_getMediaLibrary($args) {
		$this->escape($args);

		$username	= $args[1];
		$password	= $args[2];
		$struct		= isset( $args[3] ) ? $args[3] : array() ;

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

		if ( !current_user_can( 'upload_files' ) )
			return new IXR_Error( 401, __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to upload files.' ) );

		/** This action is documented in wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php */
		do_action( 'xmlrpc_call', 'wp.getMediaLibrary' );

		$parent_id = ( isset($struct['parent_id']) ) ? absint($struct['parent_id']) : '' ;
		$mime_type = ( isset($struct['mime_type']) ) ? $struct['mime_type'] : '' ;
		$offset = ( isset($struct['offset']) ) ? absint($struct['offset']) : 0 ;
		$number = ( isset($struct['number']) ) ? absint($struct['number']) : -1 ;

		$attachments = get_posts( array('post_type' => 'attachment', 'post_parent' => $parent_id, 'offset' => $offset, 'numberposts' => $number, 'post_mime_type' => $mime_type ) );

		$attachments_struct = array();

		foreach ($attachments as $attachment )
			$attachments_struct[] = $this->_prepare_media_item( $attachment );

		return $attachments_struct;
	}


Changelog

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WP-3.1.0 Introduced.