XMLRPC returns category name instead of category description

[zwettemaan]

I am using the XML-RPC interface into wordpress, and when I use the wp.getCategories XML-RPC call, I get the category name twice in the returned data - instead of the category description, the category name is repeated.

The problem comes from the routine mw_getCategories inside xmlrpc.php - it reads:

function mw_getCategories($args) {
...

$structdescription? = $cat->name;
$structcategoryName? = $cat->name;

...

return $categories_struct;

}

whereas I'd expect it to be

function mw_getCategories($args) {
...

$structdescription? = $cat->description; <<<<<
$structcategoryName? = $cat->name;

...

return $categories_struct;

}

I checked the 2.7RC1 - the same problem exists there.

Is this a feature or a bug? Not sure how I should go about this - I am an old developer, but new to WordPress, so I don't know the proper 'etiquette' yet...

[josephscott]

Nice catch! I've uploaded a patch to fix this.

[ryan]

(In [10058]) Return description not name. Props josephscott. fixes #8494

[josephscott]

Turns out that the 'description' field is really the category name according the MetaWeblog API ​http://www.xmlrpc.com/metaWeblogApi

To keep MetaWeblog clients happy I've uploaded a patch that reverts this change (making 'description' show the category name again) and added a new field called 'categoryDescription' to show the actual WordPress category description.

[ryan]

(In [10205]) Return cat name and description. Props josephscott. fixes #8494

[ryan]

(In [10206]) Return cat name and description. Props josephscott. fixes #8494 for 2.7