# Flat Client/Server Protocol Reference

# Flat Client/Server Protocol Reference

This is a reference to the flat interface to LiveJournal, where flat is simpy a term describing the raw HTTP request sent to a LiveJournal server.

This interface passes uses simple key/value pairs for every request and response. The benefit is that it's easy to parse the response given by the server, if you are left to your own devices, and have to do it yourself. As an alternative, there exists an XML-RPC Interface XML-RPC is something most programming languages have a library for. Check to see if there is an implementation for your language of choice. , which returns the data in a predetermined (nested) format that is easier to work with directly.

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