$ cat blog | blog

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'rubygems'
require 'xmlrpc/client'
require 'yaml'
require 'activesupport'

DEFAULTS = { :username => '', :password => '', :blog_id => 1,
  :site => 'http://yourblog.example.com/xmlrpc.php' }
RC_FILE = ENV['HOME'] + '/.blogrc'

options =
  if File.exist? RC_FILE
    YAML::load File.open(RC_FILE)
  else
    File.open blogrc, 'w+' do |f| f  '0123456789ABCDEF', :publish => true
    DEFAULTS
  end

content = readlines.join
unless content.blank?
  server = XMLRPC::Client.new2 options[:site]
  blogger = server.proxy 'blogger'

  begin
    blogger.newPost options[:app_key], options[:blog_id], options[:username],
      options[:password], content, options[:publish]
    puts "published!"
  rescue XMLRPC::FaultException => e
    puts "error #{e.faultCode}: #{e.faultString}"
  end
end