Technorati Ping - JScript WSH (javascript with XMLHTTP)

// Technorati Ping
// Sends out XML-RPC ping for blog updates to technorati
 
(function technoratiPing() {
 
	WScript.Echo("Technorati Ping
");
 
	if(WScript.Arguments.length < 2) {
		WScript.Echo("Usage: BLOG_NAME BLOG_URL");
		WScript.Quit();
	}
 
	var blogName = WScript.Arguments.Item(0);
	var blogURL = WScript.Arguments.Item(1);
 
	var xmlBody = 
	"<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>" +
	"<methodCall>" +
	"  <methodName>weblogUpdates.ping</methodName>" +
	"  <params>" +
	"    <param>" +
	"      <value>" + blogName + "</value>" +
	"    </param>" +
	"    <param>" +
	"      <value>" + blogURL + "</value>" +
	"    </param>" +
	"  </params>" +
	"</methodCall>";
 
	var xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
 
	xmlhttp.open("POST", "http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping",false);
	xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","text/xml");
	xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Length","250");
	xmlhttp.send(xmlBody);
 
	WScript.Echo(getResult(xmlhttp));
 
	//Function to inspect the xml response and print out message.
	//@Warning make some assumtions about the xml format
	function getResult(request) {
	  if (request.readyState == 4) {
		if (request.status == 200) {
 
			var outputBuffer = "";
 
			var members = request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("member");
 
			for (var x=0; x < members.length; x++) {
 
				var name = members[x].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
				var value = members[x].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
 
				outputBuffer += name + ":" + value + "
";
			}
 
			return outputBuffer; 
		}
	  }
	}
})();