Blogger — Connect it to MokonyxSocial

Details
Category: MokonyxSocial
  • Applicable Software: MokonyxSocial
  • Min Version Number: 01.03.00 and later
  • Max Version Number: Not Applicable

Once connected, MokonyxSocial posts your Joomla content straight to your Google Blogger blog using the Blogger v3 API. One thing to know up front: Blogger's API needs a Google OAuth 2.0 access token with the blogger scope — a plain API key only reads, it can't create posts, so we'll walk through getting a proper token.

What you need

  • A Google account with a Blogger blog already set up.
  • A Google Cloud project with Blogger API v3 turned on.
  • An OAuth 2.0 access token with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/blogger scope.

Get your credentials

Access token access_token (required)

This is your Google OAuth 2.0 bearer token, scoped for Blogger. Here's how to get one:

  1. Open the Google Cloud Console (https://console.cloud.google.com/), pick or create a project, then under APIs & Services → Library enable Blogger API v3.
  2. Go to APIs & Services → Credentials → Create credentials → OAuth client ID and set up an OAuth client (you may need to fill in the consent screen first).
  3. Run the OAuth authorization-code flow asking for the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/blogger scope and swap the code for an access token. The quickest path is the OAuth 2.0 Playground (https://developers.google.com/oauthplayground/): pick the Blogger scope, authorize with your Google account, and copy the Access token it hands back.

Paste the raw token in.

Blog ID blog_id (optional)

This is the numeric ID of the blog you want to post to. Leave it blank and we'll use the first blog on your account. To grab it, sign in at https://www.blogger.com/, open your blog, and read the blogID= number in your browser's address bar. (Or call GET /v3/users/self/blogs and copy the id.) Just the number, please.

Set it up in MokonyxSocial

  1. In Joomla admin, go to Components → MokonyxSocial → Services → New.
  2. Choose Blogger.
  3. Enter the credentials above.
  4. Click Send Test to check it, then Save & Close and make sure it's Published.

Verify

When Send Test succeeds, pop over to your Blogger dashboard and look for the test post. Then publish a Joomla article and confirm it lands on the blog.

Troubleshooting

  • 401 Invalid Credentials? Google access tokens only live about an hour — regenerate it, or make sure your setup refreshes it.
  • 403 Insufficient Permission? Your token is missing the blogger scope — redo the OAuth flow with the right scope.
  • 404 Blog not found? Double-check the blog_id against GET /v3/users/self/blogs.
  • Everything saves as a draft? Check Blogger's publish setting for API-created posts.

Notes & limits

  • Access tokens expire every hour, so for ongoing use you'll want a refresh token to auto-renew.
  • Google Cloud sets per-project daily and per-minute quotas.
  • Post bodies accept HTML, so your formatting carries over; make sure images are on public URLs.
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