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Classic ASP

WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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Classic ASP
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body>
<%
success = 0

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

set http = Server.CreateObject("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 = 1

set req = Server.CreateObject("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 = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( req.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

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

req.AddHeader "Expect","100-continue"

set resp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.HttpResponse")
success = http.HttpSReq("www.yourserver.com",443,1,req,resp)
If (success = 0) Then
    Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
    Response.End
End If

Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "HTTP response status: " & resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"

set jsonResponse = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr)

jsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jsonResponse.Emit()) & "</pre>"

'  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

set date_gmt = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

id = jsonResponse.IntOf("id")
date = jsonResponse.StringOf("date")
success = jsonResponse.DtOf("date_gmt",0,date_gmt)
guidRendered = jsonResponse.StringOf("guid.rendered")
guidRaw = jsonResponse.StringOf("guid.raw")
modified = jsonResponse.StringOf("modified")
modified_gmt = jsonResponse.StringOf("modified_gmt")
slug = jsonResponse.StringOf("slug")
status = jsonResponse.StringOf("status")
v_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("type")
link = jsonResponse.StringOf("link")
titleRaw = jsonResponse.StringOf("title.raw")
titleRendered = jsonResponse.StringOf("title.rendered")
author = jsonResponse.IntOf("author")
comment_status = jsonResponse.StringOf("comment_status")
ping_status = jsonResponse.StringOf("ping_status")
template = jsonResponse.StringOf("template")
permalink_template = jsonResponse.StringOf("permalink_template")
generated_slug = jsonResponse.StringOf("generated_slug")
descriptionRaw = jsonResponse.StringOf("description.raw")
descriptionRendered = jsonResponse.StringOf("description.rendered")
captionRaw = jsonResponse.StringOf("caption.raw")
captionRendered = jsonResponse.StringOf("caption.rendered")
alt_text = jsonResponse.StringOf("alt_text")
media_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_type")
mime_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("mime_type")
media_detailsWidth = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.width")
media_detailsHeight = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.height")
media_detailsFile = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.file")
media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailFile = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.file")
media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailWidth = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.width")
media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailHeight = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.height")
media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailMime_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.mime_type")
media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailSource_url = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.source_url")
media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailFile = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.file")
media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailWidth = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.width")
media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailHeight = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.height")
media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailMime_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.mime_type")
media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailSource_url = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.source_url")
media_detailsSizesFullFile = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.file")
media_detailsSizesFullWidth = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.full.width")
media_detailsSizesFullHeight = jsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.full.height")
media_detailsSizesFullMime_type = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.mime_type")
media_detailsSizesFullSource_url = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.source_url")
media_detailsImage_metaAperture = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.aperture")
media_detailsImage_metaCredit = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.credit")
media_detailsImage_metaCamera = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.camera")
media_detailsImage_metaCaption = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.caption")
media_detailsImage_metaCreated_timestamp = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.created_timestamp")
media_detailsImage_metaCopyright = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.copyright")
media_detailsImage_metaFocal_length = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.focal_length")
media_detailsImage_metaIso = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.iso")
media_detailsImage_metaShutter_speed = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.shutter_speed")
media_detailsImage_metaTitle = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.title")
media_detailsImage_metaOrientation = jsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.orientation")
post = jsonResponse.StringOf("post")
source_url = jsonResponse.StringOf("source_url")
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("meta")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("media_details.image_meta.keywords")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("missing_image_sizes")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.self")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.self[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.collection")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.collection[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.about")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.about[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.author")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    embeddable = jsonResponse.BoolOf("_links.author[i].embeddable")
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.author[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.replies")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    embeddable = jsonResponse.BoolOf("_links.replies[i].embeddable")
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.replies[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-assign-author")
Do While i < count_i
    jsonResponse.I = i
    href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href")
    i = i + 1
Loop
i = 0
count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.curies")
Do 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
Loop

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