(Lianja) WordPress Create Post

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Demonstrates how to create a WordPress post.

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

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

loHttp = createobject("CkHttp")

// 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"
// See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
loHttp.Password = "app_password"
loHttp.BasicAuth = .T.

// 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

loJson = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJson.UpdateString("title","This is a test post")
loJson.UpdateString("content","<p>This is the HTML body of my post</p>")
// The status can be "draft" or "publish"
loJson.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.
lnTagIdx = 0
loJson.I = lnTagIdx
// When Chilkat sees the literal string "[i]" in the JSON path, it replaces the "i" with the value of the "I" property.
loJson.UpdateInt("tags[i]",56)
lnTagIdx = lnTagIdx + 1
loJson.I = lnTagIdx
loJson.UpdateInt("tags[i]",75)
// ..

loResp = loHttp.PostJson3("https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts","application/json",loJson)
if (loHttp.LastMethodSuccess = .F.) then
    ? loHttp.LastErrorText
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

if (loResp.StatusCode <> 201) then
    ? loResp.BodyStr
    ? "status code = " + str(loResp.StatusCode)
    release loResp
    release loHttp
    release loJson
    return
endif

loJResp = createobject("CkJsonObject")
loJResp.Load(loResp.BodyStr)
? "Post ID = " + str(loJResp.IntOf("id"))
? "Post URL = " + loJResp.StringOf("link")

release loResp


release loHttp
release loJson
release loJResp