If the user specified by the supplied username and password is found, then the method returns information about that user, specifically: the user’s id, first name, last name, nickname, e-mail address and URL. If the user is not found, or their is an error processing the request then the method will return a fault.

Movable Type Note:

In Movable Type the firstname return value corresponds to the Movable Type user’s username up to the first space character. The lastname return value corresponds to all of the characters following the first space found in the user’s username.

Parameters

• String appkey
• String username
• String password

LiveJournal Notes

LiveJournal users should direct their requests to the following URL:

http://www.livejournal.com/interface/blogger

LiveJournal will return the user’s nickname for the following return parameters: firstname and lastname .