(C# UWP/WinRT) WordPress Authentication with Applications Password Plugin

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Demonstrates basic username/password authentication using the WordPress Applications Password plugin.

For more information, see https://wordpress.org/plugins/application-passwords/

Chilkat Universal Windows Platform (UWP) / WinRT Downloads Chilkat for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP)

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

Chilkat.Http http = new Chilkat.Http();
bool success;

// Implements the following CURL command:

// curl -X GET --user wp_username:app_password https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1

// Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
// Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

// 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;

Chilkat.StringBuilder sbResponseBody = new Chilkat.StringBuilder();
success = await http.QuickGetSbAsync("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",sbResponseBody);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

Chilkat.JsonArray jarrResp = new Chilkat.JsonArray();
jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
jarrResp.EmitCompact = false;

Debug.WriteLine("Response Body:");
Debug.WriteLine(jarrResp.Emit());

int respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
Debug.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " + Convert.ToString(respStatusCode));
if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
    Debug.WriteLine("Response Header:");
    Debug.WriteLine(http.LastHeader);
    Debug.WriteLine("Failed.");
    return;
}

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

// [
//   {
//     "id": 1902,
//     "date": "2020-11-16T09:54:09",
//     "date_gmt": "2020-11-16T16:54:09",
//     "guid": {
//       "rendered": "http:\/\/cknotes.com\/?p=1902"
//     },
//     "modified": "2020-11-16T09:54:09",
//     "modified_gmt": "2020-11-16T16:54:09",
//     "slug": "xero-redirect-uri-for-oauth2-and-desktop-apps",
//     "status": "publish",
//     "type": "post",
//     "link": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/xero-redirect-uri-for-oauth2-and-desktop-apps\/",
//     "title": {
//       "rendered": "Xero Redirect URI for OAuth2 and Desktop Apps"
//     },
//     "content": {
//       "rendered": "<p>...",
//       "protected": false
//     },
//     "excerpt": {
//       "rendered": "<p>...",
//       "protected": false
//     },
//     "author": 1,
//     "featured_media": 0,
//     "comment_status": "closed",
//     "ping_status": "open",
//     "sticky": false,
//     "template": "",
//     "format": "standard",
//     "meta": [
//     ],
//     "categories": [
//       815
//     ],
//     "tags": [
//       594,
//       816
//     ],
//     "_links": {
//       "self": [
//         {
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902"
//         }
//       ],
//       "collection": [
//         {
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"
//         }
//       ],
//       "about": [
//         {
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"
//         }
//       ],
//       "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=1902"
//         }
//       ],
//       "version-history": [
//         {
//           "count": 1,
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions"
//         }
//       ],
//       "predecessor-version": [
//         {
//           "id": 1904,
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1902\/revisions\/1904"
//         }
//       ],
//       "wp:attachment": [
//         {
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1902"
//         }
//       ],
//       "wp:term": [
//         {
//           "taxonomy": "category",
//           "embeddable": true,
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1902"
//         },
//         {
//           "taxonomy": "post_tag",
//           "embeddable": true,
//           "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1902"
//         }
//       ],
//       "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

Chilkat.DtObj date_gmt = new Chilkat.DtObj();
Chilkat.JsonObject json = null;
int id;
string date;
string guidRendered;
string modified;
string modified_gmt;
string slug;
string status;
string v_type;
string link;
string titleRendered;
string contentRendered;
bool contentProtected;
string excerptRendered;
bool excerptProtected;
int author;
int featured_media;
string comment_status;
string ping_status;
bool sticky;
string template;
string format;
int j;
int count_j;
int intVal;
string href;
bool embeddable;
int count;
string taxonomy;
string name;
bool templated;

int i = 0;
int count_i = jarrResp.Size;
while (i < count_i) {
    json = jarrResp.ObjectAt(i);
    id = json.IntOf("id");
    date = json.StringOf("date");
    json.DtOf("date_gmt",false,date_gmt);
    guidRendered = json.StringOf("guid.rendered");
    modified = json.StringOf("modified");
    modified_gmt = json.StringOf("modified_gmt");
    slug = json.StringOf("slug");
    status = json.StringOf("status");
    v_type = json.StringOf("type");
    link = json.StringOf("link");
    titleRendered = json.StringOf("title.rendered");
    contentRendered = json.StringOf("content.rendered");
    contentProtected = json.BoolOf("content.protected");
    excerptRendered = json.StringOf("excerpt.rendered");
    excerptProtected = json.BoolOf("excerpt.protected");
    author = json.IntOf("author");
    featured_media = json.IntOf("featured_media");
    comment_status = json.StringOf("comment_status");
    ping_status = json.StringOf("ping_status");
    sticky = json.BoolOf("sticky");
    template = json.StringOf("template");
    format = json.StringOf("format");
    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("meta");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("categories");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        intVal = json.IntOf("categories[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("tags");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        intVal = json.IntOf("tags[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.self");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        href = json.StringOf("_links.self[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.collection");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        href = json.StringOf("_links.collection[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.about");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        href = json.StringOf("_links.about[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.author");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        embeddable = json.BoolOf("_links.author[j].embeddable");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.author[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.replies");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        embeddable = json.BoolOf("_links.replies[j].embeddable");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.replies[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.version-history");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        count = json.IntOf("_links.version-history[j].count");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.version-history[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.predecessor-version");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        id = json.IntOf("_links.predecessor-version[j].id");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.predecessor-version[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:attachment");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        href = json.StringOf("_links.wp:attachment[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:term");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        taxonomy = json.StringOf("_links.wp:term[j].taxonomy");
        embeddable = json.BoolOf("_links.wp:term[j].embeddable");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.wp:term[j].href");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.curies");
    while (j < count_j) {
        json.J = j;
        name = json.StringOf("_links.curies[j].name");
        href = json.StringOf("_links.curies[j].href");
        templated = json.BoolOf("_links.curies[j].templated");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}