(PowerShell) WordPress Authentication with Applications Password Plugin

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

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

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

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

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# 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.Login = "wp_username"
# Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
$http.Password = "app_password"
$http.BasicAuth = $true

$sbResponseBody = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $http.QuickGetSb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",$sbResponseBody)
if ($success -eq $false) {
    $($http.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jarrResp = New-Object Chilkat.JsonArray
$jarrResp.LoadSb($sbResponseBody)
$jarrResp.EmitCompact = $false

$("Response Body:")
$($jarrResp.Emit())

$respStatusCode = $http.LastStatus
$("Response Status Code = " + $respStatusCode)
if ($respStatusCode -ge 400) {
    $("Response Header:")
    $($http.LastHeader)
    $("Failed.")
    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 = New-Object Chilkat.DtObj

$i = 0
$count_i = $jarrResp.Size
while ($i -lt $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 -lt $count_j) {
        $json.J = $j
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $j = 0
    $count_j = $json.SizeOfArray("categories")
    while ($j -lt $count_j) {
        $json.J = $j
        $intVal = $json.IntOf("categories[j]")
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $j = 0
    $count_j = $json.SizeOfArray("tags")
    while ($j -lt $count_j) {
        $json.J = $j
        $intVal = $json.IntOf("tags[j]")
        $j = $j + 1
    }

    $j = 0
    $count_j = $json.SizeOfArray("_links.self")
    while ($j -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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 -lt $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
}