(Objective-C) 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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#import <CkoHttp.h>
#import <CkoJsonObject.h>
#import <CkoHttpResponse.h>

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

CkoHttp *http = [[CkoHttp alloc] init];
BOOL success;

// 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"
// See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
http.Password = @"app_password";
http.BasicAuth = YES;

// 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

CkoJsonObject *json = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[json UpdateString: @"title" value: @"This is a test post"];
[json UpdateString: @"content" value: @"<p>This is the HTML body of my post</p>"];
// The status can be "draft" or "publish"
[json UpdateString: @"status" value: @"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.
int tagIdx = 0;
json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: tagIdx];
// When Chilkat sees the literal string "[i]" in the JSON path, it replaces the "i" with the value of the "I" property.
[json UpdateInt: @"tags[i]" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 56]];
tagIdx = tagIdx + 1;
json.I = [NSNumber numberWithInt: tagIdx];
[json UpdateInt: @"tags[i]" value: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 75]];
// ..

CkoHttpResponse *resp = [http PostJson3: @"https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts" contentType: @"application/json" json: json];
if (http.LastMethodSuccess == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",http.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if ([resp.StatusCode intValue] != 201) {
    NSLog(@"%@",resp.BodyStr);
    NSLog(@"%@%d",@"status code = ",[resp.StatusCode intValue]);

    return;
}

CkoJsonObject *jResp = [[CkoJsonObject alloc] init];
[jResp Load: resp.BodyStr];
NSLog(@"%@%d",@"Post ID = ",[[jResp IntOf: @"id"] intValue]);
NSLog(@"%@%@",@"Post URL = ",[jResp StringOf: @"link"]);