Index: modules/blogapi/blogapi.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/blogapi/blogapi.module,v
retrieving revision 1.126
diff -u -p -r1.126 blogapi.module
--- modules/blogapi/blogapi.module	17 Sep 2008 21:07:47 -0000	1.126
+++ modules/blogapi/blogapi.module	22 Sep 2008 19:50:19 -0000
@@ -223,6 +223,16 @@ function blogapi_blogger_new_post($appke
 
   node_invoke_nodeapi($edit, 'blogapi new');
 
+  // If we don't have the 'administer nodes' permission and the publish setting for this story is not the content type's default, then return an error.
+  if (!user_access('administer nodes') && $edit['status'] != in_array('status', $node_type_default)) {
+    if ($publish == 1) {
+      return blogapi_error(t('You do not have permission to publish this type of post. Please save it as a draft instead.'));
+    }
+    else {
+      return blogapi_error(t('You do not have permission to save this post as a draft. Please publish it instead.'));
+    }
+  }
+
   node_validate($edit);
   if ($errors = form_get_errors()) {
     return blogapi_error(implode("\n", $errors));
@@ -275,6 +285,18 @@ function blogapi_blogger_edit_post($appk
 
   node_invoke_nodeapi($node, 'blogapi edit');
 
+  $node_type_default = variable_get('node_options_'. $node->type, array('status', 'promote'));
+  
+  // If we don't have the 'administer nodes' permission and the publish setting for this story is not the content type's default, then return an error.
+  if (!user_access('administer nodes') && $node->status != in_array('status', $node_type_default)) {
+    if ($publish == 1) {
+      return blogapi_error(t('You do not have permission to publish this type of post. Please save it as a draft instead.'));
+    }
+    else {
+      return blogapi_error(t('You do not have permission to save this post as a draft. Please publish it instead.'));
+    }
+  }
+
   node_validate($node);
   if ($errors = form_get_errors()) {
     return blogapi_error(implode("\n", $errors));