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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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    success := false

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

    http := chilkat.NewHttp()

    // 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.SetLogin("wp_username")
    // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    http.SetPassword("app_password")
    http.SetBasicAuth(true)

    req := chilkat.NewHttpRequest()
    req.SetHttpVerb("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.SetContentType("image/jpg")
    req.SetPath("/wp-json/wp/v2/media")

    success = req.LoadBodyFromFile("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(req.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        req.DisposeHttpRequest()
        return
    }

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

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

    resp := chilkat.NewHttpResponse()
    success = http.HttpSReq("www.yourserver.com",443,true,req,resp)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(http.LastErrorText())
        http.DisposeHttp()
        req.DisposeHttpRequest()
        resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("HTTP response status: ", resp.StatusCode())

    jsonResponse := chilkat.NewJsonObject()
    jsonResponse.Load(resp.BodyStr())

    jsonResponse.SetEmitCompact(false)
    fmt.Println(*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

    date_gmt := chilkat.NewDtObj()
    var href *string = new(string)
    var embeddable bool
    var name *string = new(string)
    var templated bool

    id := jsonResponse.IntOf("id")
    date := jsonResponse.StringOf("date")
    jsonResponse.DtOf("date_gmt",false,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")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(i)
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("media_details.image_meta.keywords")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(i)
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("missing_image_sizes")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(i)
        i = i + 1
    }

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

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

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

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.author")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(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")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(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")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(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")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(i)
        href = jsonResponse.StringOf("_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.SizeOfArray("_links.curies")
    for i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.SetI(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
    }


    http.DisposeHttp()
    req.DisposeHttpRequest()
    resp.DisposeHttpResponse()
    jsonResponse.DisposeJsonObject()
    date_gmt.DisposeDtObj()