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WordPress Authentication with Applications Password Plugin

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Demonstrates basic username/password authentication using the WordPress Applications Password plugin.

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Perl
use chilkat();

$success = 0;

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

$http = chilkat::CkHttp->new();

# Implements the following CURL command:

# curl -X GET --user wp_username:app_password https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1

# Use the following online tool to generate HTTP code from a CURL command
# Convert a cURL Command to HTTP Source Code

# Use your WordPress login, such as "admin", not the application name.
$http->put_Login("wp_username");
# Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
$http->put_Password("app_password");
$http->put_BasicAuth(1);

$sbResponseBody = chilkat::CkStringBuilder->new();
$success = $http->QuickGetSb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",$sbResponseBody);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jarrResp = chilkat::CkJsonArray->new();
$jarrResp->LoadSb($sbResponseBody);
$jarrResp->put_EmitCompact(0);

print "Response Body:" . "\r\n";
print $jarrResp->emit() . "\r\n";

$respStatusCode = $http->get_LastStatus();
print "Response Status Code = " . $respStatusCode . "\r\n";
if ($respStatusCode >= 400) {
    print "Response Header:" . "\r\n";
    print $http->lastHeader() . "\r\n";
    print "Failed." . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

# 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

$date_gmt = chilkat::CkDtObj->new();

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jarrResp->get_Size();
while ($i < $count_i) {
    # json is a JsonObject
    $json = $jarrResp->ObjectAt($i);
    $id = $json->IntOf("id");
    $date = $json->stringOf("date");
    $json->DtOf("date_gmt",0,$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) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("categories");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $intVal = $json->IntOf("categories[j]");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("tags");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $intVal = $json->IntOf("tags[j]");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("_links.self");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $href = $json->stringOf("_links.self[j].href");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("_links.collection");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $href = $json->stringOf("_links.collection[j].href");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("_links.about");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($j);
        $href = $json->stringOf("_links.about[j].href");
        $j = $j + 1;
    }

    $j = 0;
    $count_j = $json->SizeOfArray("_links.author");
    while ($j < $count_j) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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) {
        $json->put_J($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;
}