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WordPress Create Post

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Demonstrates how to create a WordPress post.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

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

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();

    // Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
    http.put_Login("wp_username");
    // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    // See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
    http.put_Password("app_password");
    http.put_BasicAuth(true);

    // Note: For this to work, you'll likely need to update your .htaccess file on your WordPress server.
    // Otherwise you'll get this error:
    // 
    // 401 : Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user
    // 
    // Your default .htaccess file probably looks like this:
    // 
    // <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    // RewriteEngine On
    // RewriteBase /
    // RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - 
    // RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    // RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    // RewriteRule . /index.php 
    // </IfModule>
    // # END WordPress
    // 
    // Add the following line immediately after the "RewriteEngine On" line:    RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
    // Your .htaccess file should look like this after the edit:
    // 
    // <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
    // RewriteEngine On
    // RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
    // RewriteBase /
    // RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - 
    // RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
    // RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
    // RewriteRule . /index.php 
    // </IfModule>
    // # END WordPress

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("title","This is a test post");
    json.UpdateString("content","<p>This is the HTML body of my post</p>");
    // The status can be "draft" or "publish"
    json.UpdateString("status","draft");

    // Add tags -- but you need to know the ID of an existing tag.
    // See Chilkat's other WordPress example for creating a tag, or getting the ID of an existing tag.
    int tagIdx = 0;
    json.put_I(tagIdx);
    // When Chilkat sees the literal string "[i]" in the JSON path, it replaces the "i" with the value of the "I" property.
    json.UpdateInt("tags[i]",56);
    tagIdx = tagIdx + 1;
    json.put_I(tagIdx);
    json.UpdateInt("tags[i]",75);
    // ..

    CkHttpResponse resp = new CkHttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpJson("POST","https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts",json,"application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    if (resp.get_StatusCode() != 201) {
        Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());
        Log.i(TAG, "status code = " + String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jResp = new CkJsonObject();
    jResp.Load(resp.bodyStr());
    Log.i(TAG, "Post ID = " + String.valueOf(jResp.IntOf("id")));
    Log.i(TAG, "Post URL = " + jResp.stringOf("link"));

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}