XMLRPC interface should expose mechanism for listing and deleting media resources

[redsweater]

Right now the XMLRPC interface supports the "newMediaObject" mechanism that is part of the MetaWeblog API, but lacks any method for inspecting or otherwise manipulating media objects.

I think to support a richer remote client experience, the XLMRPC interface should support at least a method for listing the media objects that have been previously uploaded (similar to what appears in the "Browse" tab of the wp-admin post editor), and for deleting a media asset that is present.

[Denis-de-Bernardy]

itching to move this in Media

[westi]

Needs a patch.

Moving to Future Release for now.

[johnbillion]

We now have a method for listing items in the media library (wp.getMediaLibrary) but still none for deleting media items.

[maxcutler]

Replying to johnbillion:

... but still none for deleting media items.

Actually, since media items are really just a post type, you can use wp.deletePost method to delete them. Likewise, you can use wp.editPost to modify most of the media item fields (except image and alt-text, the latter of which is a protected meta).

It might be nice to have a simple wrapper to make this more obvious to new users, or else add some documentation to the Codex.

[markoheijnen]

That was exactly the reason why it wasn't added in 3.4 or 3.5

[nacin]

We could just add an alias in the methods list.

[fahmiadib]

Add wp.deleteMediaItem as an alias to wp_deletePost

[SergeyBiryukov]

In 28849:

XML-RPC: Add wp.deleteMediaItem as an alias to wp_deletePost.

props fahmiadib.
fixes #5310.

[SergeyBiryukov]

I wonder if the alias should be called wp.deleteFile, for consistency with wp.uploadFile. See 5310.diff​.

[DrewAPicture]

+1 for swapping the aliases.

[westi]

Replying to DrewAPicture:

+1 for swapping the aliases.

Agreed.

I think wp.deleteFile is a better name and more consistent with the others.

[westi]

In 29255:

XMLRPC: Switch the file deletion alias to be deleteFile to more closely make uploadFile.

Fixes #5310 props SergeyBiryukov.