(Node.js) WordPress API Key Authentication with miniOrange Plugin

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Demonstrates API key authentication using the miniOrange API Authentication plugin.

For more information, see https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-rest-api-authentication/

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var os = require('os');
if (os.platform() == 'win32') {  
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-win64'); 
} else if (os.platform() == 'linux') {
    if (os.arch() == 'arm') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm');
    } else if (os.arch() == 'arm64') {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-arm64');
    } else {
        var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-linux-x64');
    }
} else if (os.platform() == 'darwin') {
  var chilkat = require('@chilkat/ck-node23-mac-universal');
}

function chilkatExample() {

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

    var http = new chilkat.Http();
    var success;

    // Use your API key here, such as TaVFjSBu8IMR0MbvZNn7A6P04GXrbtHm
    // This causes the "Authorization: Bearer <api_key>" header to be added to each HTTP request.
    http.AuthToken = "api_key";

    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    success = http.QuickGetSb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",sbResponseBody);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

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

    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(jarrResp.Emit());

    var respStatusCode = http.LastStatus;
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(http.LastHeader);
        console.log("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

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

    var i = 0;
    var 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;
    }


}

chilkatExample();