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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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<?php

$success = 0;

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

$http = new COM("Chilkat.Http");

// 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->Login = 'wp_username';
// Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
$http->Password = 'app_password';
$http->BasicAuth = 1;

$req = new COM("Chilkat.HttpRequest");
$req->HttpVerb = '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->ContentType = 'image/jpg';
$req->Path = '/wp-json/wp/v2/media';

$success = $req->LoadBodyFromFile('qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg');
if ($success == 0) {
    print $req->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

$req->AddHeader('Content-Disposition','attachment; filename=starfish.jpg');

$req->AddHeader('Expect','100-continue');

$resp = new COM("Chilkat.HttpResponse");
$success = $http->HttpSReq('www.yourserver.com',443,1,$req,$resp);
if ($success == 0) {
    print $http->LastErrorText . "\n";
    exit;
}

print 'HTTP response status: ' . $resp->StatusCode . "\n";

$jsonResponse = new COM("Chilkat.JsonObject");
$jsonResponse->Load($resp->BodyStr);

$jsonResponse->EmitCompact = 0;
print $jsonResponse->emit() . "\n";

// 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 = new COM("Chilkat.DtObj");

$id = $jsonResponse->IntOf('id');
$date = $jsonResponse->stringOf('date');
$jsonResponse->DtOf('date_gmt',0,$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 = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('meta');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('media_details.image_meta.keywords');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('missing_image_sizes');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.self');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.self[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.collection');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.collection[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.about');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.about[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.author');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $embeddable = $jsonResponse->BoolOf('_links.author[i].embeddable');
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.author[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.replies');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $embeddable = $jsonResponse->BoolOf('_links.replies[i].embeddable');
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.replies[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.wp:action-assign-author');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $i;
    $href = $jsonResponse->stringOf('_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href');
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray('_links.curies');
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->I = $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;
}


?>