Blogger API

Social / OAuth Advanced HTTPS

68 C

Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

The Blogger API from Google lets you read and write content on Blogger-powered blogs, including posts, comments, pages, and user information. It uses OAuth 2.0 for authentication, so users can authorize your app to act on their behalf. It is a good starting point for learning Google OAuth flow while working with a straightforward blogging platform.

Beginner Tip

You need to create a project in Google Cloud Console, enable the Blogger API, and set up OAuth 2.0 credentials before making any calls. Use the Google OAuth Playground to test endpoints without writing auth code first.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

Blogger data via REST API

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "result": "Data from Blogger",
    "description": "The Blogger APIs allows client applications to view and update Blogger content",
    "timestamp": "2025-01-15T10:00:00Z"
  }
}

Field Reference

id Unique identifier for the blog or post resource.

title Title of the blog or individual post.

content HTML content body of the blog post.

published ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the post was first published.

url Public permalink URL to the blog post.

author Object containing the author display name, ID, and profile image URL.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/blogger/v3/blogs/YOUR_BLOG_ID/posts?key=YOUR_API_KEY";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

403 Forbidden: Access Not Configured The Blogger API has not been enabled in your Google Cloud project.

✓ Go to Google Cloud Console APIs and Services Library, search for Blogger API v3, and click Enable.

401 Unauthorized: Invalid Credentials The OAuth access token is missing, expired, or was issued for a different Google account.

✓ Refresh the OAuth access token using the refresh_token or re-run the authorization flow.

404 Not Found The blog ID or post ID specified does not exist or belongs to a different user.

✓ Retrieve the correct blog ID using the blogs.getByUrl endpoint with your blog URL.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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