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WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loHttp
LOCAL loReq
LOCAL loResp
LOCAL loJsonResponse
LOCAL loDate_gmt
LOCAL lcHref
LOCAL lnEmbeddable
LOCAL lcName
LOCAL lnTemplated
LOCAL lnId
LOCAL lcDate
LOCAL lcGuidRendered
LOCAL lcGuidRaw
LOCAL lcModified
LOCAL lcModified_gmt
LOCAL lcSlug
LOCAL lcStatus
LOCAL lcV_type
LOCAL lcLink
LOCAL lcTitleRaw
LOCAL lcTitleRendered
LOCAL lnAuthor
LOCAL lcComment_status
LOCAL lcPing_status
LOCAL lcTemplate
LOCAL lcPermalink_template
LOCAL lcGenerated_slug
LOCAL lcDescriptionRaw
LOCAL lcDescriptionRendered
LOCAL lcCaptionRaw
LOCAL lcCaptionRendered
LOCAL lcAlt_text
LOCAL lcMedia_type
LOCAL lcMime_type
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsWidth
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsHeight
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsFile
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailFile
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailWidth
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailHeight
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailMime_type
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailSource_url
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailFile
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailWidth
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailHeight
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailMime_type
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailSource_url
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesFullFile
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesFullWidth
LOCAL lnMedia_detailsSizesFullHeight
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesFullMime_type
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsSizesFullSource_url
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaAperture
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCredit
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCamera
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCaption
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCreated_timestamp
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCopyright
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaFocal_length
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaIso
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaShutter_speed
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaTitle
LOCAL lcMedia_detailsImage_metaOrientation
LOCAL lcPost
LOCAL lcSource_url
LOCAL i
LOCAL lnCount_i

lnSuccess = 0

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

loHttp = 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.
loHttp.Login = "wp_username"
* Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
loHttp.Password = "app_password"
loHttp.BasicAuth = 1

loReq = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpRequest')
loReq.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 

loReq.ContentType = "image/jpg"
loReq.Path = "/wp-json/wp/v2/media"

lnSuccess = loReq.LoadBodyFromFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loReq.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loReq
    CANCEL
ENDIF

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

loReq.AddHeader("Expect","100-continue")

loResp = CreateObject('Chilkat.HttpResponse')
lnSuccess = loHttp.HttpSReq("www.yourserver.com",443,1,loReq,loResp)
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loHttp
    RELEASE loReq
    RELEASE loResp
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "HTTP response status: " + STR(loResp.StatusCode)

loJsonResponse = CreateObject('Chilkat.JsonObject')
loJsonResponse.Load(loResp.BodyStr)

loJsonResponse.EmitCompact = 0
? loJsonResponse.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

loDate_gmt = CreateObject('Chilkat.DtObj')

lnId = loJsonResponse.IntOf("id")
lcDate = loJsonResponse.StringOf("date")
loJsonResponse.DtOf("date_gmt",0,loDate_gmt)
lcGuidRendered = loJsonResponse.StringOf("guid.rendered")
lcGuidRaw = loJsonResponse.StringOf("guid.raw")
lcModified = loJsonResponse.StringOf("modified")
lcModified_gmt = loJsonResponse.StringOf("modified_gmt")
lcSlug = loJsonResponse.StringOf("slug")
lcStatus = loJsonResponse.StringOf("status")
lcV_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("type")
lcLink = loJsonResponse.StringOf("link")
lcTitleRaw = loJsonResponse.StringOf("title.raw")
lcTitleRendered = loJsonResponse.StringOf("title.rendered")
lnAuthor = loJsonResponse.IntOf("author")
lcComment_status = loJsonResponse.StringOf("comment_status")
lcPing_status = loJsonResponse.StringOf("ping_status")
lcTemplate = loJsonResponse.StringOf("template")
lcPermalink_template = loJsonResponse.StringOf("permalink_template")
lcGenerated_slug = loJsonResponse.StringOf("generated_slug")
lcDescriptionRaw = loJsonResponse.StringOf("description.raw")
lcDescriptionRendered = loJsonResponse.StringOf("description.rendered")
lcCaptionRaw = loJsonResponse.StringOf("caption.raw")
lcCaptionRendered = loJsonResponse.StringOf("caption.rendered")
lcAlt_text = loJsonResponse.StringOf("alt_text")
lcMedia_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_type")
lcMime_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("mime_type")
lnMedia_detailsWidth = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.width")
lnMedia_detailsHeight = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.height")
lcMedia_detailsFile = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.file")
lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailFile = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.file")
lnMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailWidth = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.width")
lnMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailHeight = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.height")
lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailMime_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.mime_type")
lcMedia_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailSource_url = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.source_url")
lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailFile = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.file")
lnMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailWidth = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.width")
lnMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailHeight = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.height")
lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailMime_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.mime_type")
lcMedia_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailSource_url = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.source_url")
lcMedia_detailsSizesFullFile = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.file")
lnMedia_detailsSizesFullWidth = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.full.width")
lnMedia_detailsSizesFullHeight = loJsonResponse.IntOf("media_details.sizes.full.height")
lcMedia_detailsSizesFullMime_type = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.mime_type")
lcMedia_detailsSizesFullSource_url = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.sizes.full.source_url")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaAperture = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.aperture")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCredit = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.credit")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCamera = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.camera")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCaption = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.caption")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCreated_timestamp = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.created_timestamp")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaCopyright = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.copyright")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaFocal_length = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.focal_length")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaIso = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.iso")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaShutter_speed = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.shutter_speed")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaTitle = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.title")
lcMedia_detailsImage_metaOrientation = loJsonResponse.StringOf("media_details.image_meta.orientation")
lcPost = loJsonResponse.StringOf("post")
lcSource_url = loJsonResponse.StringOf("source_url")
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("meta")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("media_details.image_meta.keywords")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("missing_image_sizes")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.self")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.self[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.collection")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.collection[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.about")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.about[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.author")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lnEmbeddable = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("_links.author[i].embeddable")
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.author[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.replies")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lnEmbeddable = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("_links.replies[i].embeddable")
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.replies[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:action-assign-author")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO
i = 0
lnCount_i = loJsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.curies")
DO WHILE i < lnCount_i
    loJsonResponse.I = i
    lcName = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.curies[i].name")
    lcHref = loJsonResponse.StringOf("_links.curies[i].href")
    lnTemplated = loJsonResponse.BoolOf("_links.curies[i].templated")
    i = i + 1
ENDDO

RELEASE loHttp
RELEASE loReq
RELEASE loResp
RELEASE loJsonResponse
RELEASE loDate_gmt