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WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.DtObj;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Http;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpRequest;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.HttpResponse;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.JsonObject;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
        // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

        Http http = new Http();

        // This example will use WordPress username / Application password authentication using the "Applications Password" plugin.
        // See https://wordpress.org/plugins/application-passwords/

        // Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
        http.setLogin("wp_username");
        // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
        http.setPassword("app_password");
        http.setBasicAuth(true);

        HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest();
        req.setHttpVerb("POST");

        // Use the Content-Type that corresponds to the type of file you are uploading.

        // WordPress supports uploading the following file types:

        // Images
        //
        //     .jpg  (image/jpg)
        //     .jpeg  (image/jpeg)
        //     .png  (image/png)
        //     .gif  (image/gif)
        //     .ico (image/x-icon)
        //
        // Documents
        //
        //     .pdf (applicatin/pdf)
        //     .doc, .docx (application/msword)
        //     .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx (application/mspowerpoint)
        //     .odt
        //     .xls, .xlsx (application/msexcel)
        //     .psd (??? image/vnd.adobe.photoshop,application/x-photoshop,application/photoshop,application/psd,image/psd)
        //
        // Audio
        //
        //     .mp3 (audio/mpeg)
        //     .m4a
        //     .ogg
        //     .wav (audio/wav)
        //
        // Video
        //
        //     .mp4, .m4v (video/mp4)
        //     .mov (video/quicktime)
        //     .wmv (video/x-ms-wmv)
        //     .avi (video/avi)
        //     .mpg (video/mpeg)
        //     .ogv
        //     .3gp
        //     .3g2

        req.setContentType("image/jpg");
        req.setPath("/wp-json/wp/v2/media");

        try {
            req.loadBodyFromFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        req.addHeader("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=starfish.jpg");

        req.addHeader("Expect", "100-continue");

        HttpResponse resp = new HttpResponse();
        try {
            http.httpSReq("www.yourserver.com", 443, true, req, resp);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("HTTP response status: " + resp.getStatusCode());

        JsonObject jsonResponse = new JsonObject();
        jsonResponse.load(resp.getBodyStr());

        jsonResponse.setEmitCompact(false);
        System.out.println(jsonResponse.emit());

        // Sample JSON response:
        // (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

        // {
        //   "id": 1915,
        //   "date": "2021-01-19T18:25:01",
        //   "date_gmt": "2021-01-20T01:25:01",
        //   "guid": {
        //     "rendered": "http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
        //     "raw": "http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg"
        //   },
        //   "modified": "2021-01-19T18:25:01",
        //   "modified_gmt": "2021-01-20T01:25:01",
        //   "slug": "starfish",
        //   "status": "inherit",
        //   "type": "attachment",
        //   "link": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/starfish\/",
        //   "title": {
        //     "raw": "starfish",
        //     "rendered": "starfish"
        //   },
        //   "author": 1,
        //   "comment_status": "closed",
        //   "ping_status": "closed",
        //   "template": "",
        //   "meta": [
        //   ],
        //   "permalink_template": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/?attachment_id=1915",
        //   "generated_slug": "starfish",
        //   "description": {
        //     "raw": "",
        //     "rendered": "<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg'><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg 120w, http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"
        //   },
        //   "caption": {
        //     "raw": "",
        //     "rendered": ""
        //   },
        //   "alt_text": "",
        //   "media_type": "image",
        //   "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
        //   "media_details": {
        //     "width": 120,
        //     "height": 120,
        //     "file": "2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
        //     "sizes": {
        //       "woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail": {
        //         "file": "starfish-100x100.jpg",
        //         "width": 100,
        //         "height": 100,
        //         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
        //         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg"
        //       },
        //       "shop_thumbnail": {
        //         "file": "starfish-100x100.jpg",
        //         "width": 100,
        //         "height": 100,
        //         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
        //         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg"
        //       },
        //       "full": {
        //         "file": "starfish.jpg",
        //         "width": 120,
        //         "height": 120,
        //         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
        //         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg"
        //       }
        //     },
        //     "image_meta": {
        //       "aperture": "0",
        //       "credit": "",
        //       "camera": "",
        //       "caption": "",
        //       "created_timestamp": "0",
        //       "copyright": "",
        //       "focal_length": "0",
        //       "iso": "0",
        //       "shutter_speed": "0",
        //       "title": "",
        //       "orientation": "0",
        //       "keywords": [
        //       ]
        //     }
        //   },
        //   "post": null,
        //   "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
        //   "missing_image_sizes": [
        //   ],
        //   "_links": {
        //     "self": [
        //       {
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "collection": [
        //       {
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "about": [
        //       {
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "author": [
        //       {
        //         "embeddable": true,
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "replies": [
        //       {
        //         "embeddable": true,
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1915"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "wp:action-unfiltered-html": [
        //       {
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "wp:action-assign-author": [
        //       {
        //         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
        //       }
        //     ],
        //     "curies": [
        //       {
        //         "name": "wp",
        //         "href": "https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}",
        //         "templated": true
        //       }
        //     ]
        //   }
        // }

        // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
        // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
        // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

        DtObj date_gmt = new DtObj();
        String href = "";
        boolean embeddable = false;
        String name = "";
        boolean templated = false;

        int id = jsonResponse.intOf("id");
        String date = jsonResponse.stringOf("date");
        jsonResponse.dtOf("date_gmt", false, date_gmt);
        String guidRendered = jsonResponse.stringOf("guid.rendered");
        String guidRaw = jsonResponse.stringOf("guid.raw");
        String modified = jsonResponse.stringOf("modified");
        String modified_gmt = jsonResponse.stringOf("modified_gmt");
        String slug = jsonResponse.stringOf("slug");
        String status = jsonResponse.stringOf("status");
        String v_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("type");
        String link = jsonResponse.stringOf("link");
        String titleRaw = jsonResponse.stringOf("title.raw");
        String titleRendered = jsonResponse.stringOf("title.rendered");
        int author = jsonResponse.intOf("author");
        String comment_status = jsonResponse.stringOf("comment_status");
        String ping_status = jsonResponse.stringOf("ping_status");
        String template = jsonResponse.stringOf("template");
        String permalink_template = jsonResponse.stringOf("permalink_template");
        String generated_slug = jsonResponse.stringOf("generated_slug");
        String descriptionRaw = jsonResponse.stringOf("description.raw");
        String descriptionRendered = jsonResponse.stringOf("description.rendered");
        String captionRaw = jsonResponse.stringOf("caption.raw");
        String captionRendered = jsonResponse.stringOf("caption.rendered");
        String alt_text = jsonResponse.stringOf("alt_text");
        String media_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_type");
        String mime_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("mime_type");
        int media_detailsWidth = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.width");
        int media_detailsHeight = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.height");
        String media_detailsFile = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.file");
        String media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailFile = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.file");
        int media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailWidth = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.width");
        int media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailHeight = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.height");
        String media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailMime_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.mime_type");
        String media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailSource_url = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.source_url");
        String media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailFile = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.file");
        int media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailWidth = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.width");
        int media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailHeight = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.height");
        String media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailMime_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.mime_type");
        String media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailSource_url = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.source_url");
        String media_detailsSizesFullFile = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.full.file");
        int media_detailsSizesFullWidth = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.full.width");
        int media_detailsSizesFullHeight = jsonResponse.intOf("media_details.sizes.full.height");
        String media_detailsSizesFullMime_type = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.full.mime_type");
        String media_detailsSizesFullSource_url = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.sizes.full.source_url");
        String media_detailsImage_metaAperture = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.aperture");
        String media_detailsImage_metaCredit = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.credit");
        String media_detailsImage_metaCamera = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.camera");
        String media_detailsImage_metaCaption = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.caption");
        String media_detailsImage_metaCreated_timestamp = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.created_timestamp");
        String media_detailsImage_metaCopyright = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.copyright");
        String media_detailsImage_metaFocal_length = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.focal_length");
        String media_detailsImage_metaIso = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.iso");
        String media_detailsImage_metaShutter_speed = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.shutter_speed");
        String media_detailsImage_metaTitle = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.title");
        String media_detailsImage_metaOrientation = jsonResponse.stringOf("media_details.image_meta.orientation");
        String post = jsonResponse.stringOf("post");
        String source_url = jsonResponse.stringOf("source_url");
        int i = 0;
        int count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("meta");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("media_details.image_meta.keywords");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("missing_image_sizes");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.self");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.self[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.collection");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.collection[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.about");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.about[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.author");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            embeddable = jsonResponse.boolOf("_links.author[i].embeddable");
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.author[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.replies");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            embeddable = jsonResponse.boolOf("_links.replies[i].embeddable");
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.replies[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-assign-author");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href");
            i = i + 1;
        }

        i = 0;
        count_i = jsonResponse.sizeOfArray("_links.curies");
        while (i < count_i) {
            jsonResponse.setI(i);
            name = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.curies[i].name");
            href = jsonResponse.stringOf("_links.curies[i].href");
            templated = jsonResponse.boolOf("_links.curies[i].templated");
            i = i + 1;
        }
    }
}