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WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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NODEJS_PRELUDE

function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    //  This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    //  See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var http = new chilkat.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.Login = "wp_username";
    //  Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    http.Password = "app_password";
    http.BasicAuth = true;

    var req = new chilkat.HttpRequest();
    req.HttpVerb = "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.ContentType = "image/jpg";
    req.Path = "/wp-json/wp/v2/media";

    success = req.LoadBodyFromFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg");
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(req.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

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

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSReq("www.yourserver.com",443,true,req,resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    console.log("HTTP response status: " + resp.StatusCode);

    var jsonResponse = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr);

    jsonResponse.EmitCompact = false;
    console.log(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

    var date_gmt = new chilkat.DtObj();
    var href;
    var embeddable;
    var name;
    var templated;

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

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

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

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.self");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.I = i;
        href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.self[i].href");
        i = i+1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.collection");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.I = i;
        href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.collection[i].href");
        i = i+1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.about");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.I = i;
        href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.about[i].href");
        i = i+1;
    }

    i = 0;
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.author");
    while (i < count_i) {
        jsonResponse.I = 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.I = 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.I = 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.I = 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.I = 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;
    }


}

chilkatExample();