(Visual Basic 6.0) 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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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

' 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"

Dim sbResponseBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Dim jarrResp As New ChilkatJsonArray
success = jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = 0

Debug.Print "Response Body:"
Debug.Print jarrResp.Emit()

Dim respStatusCode As Long
respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
Debug.Print "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    Debug.Print "Response Header:"
    Debug.Print http.LastHeader
    Debug.Print "Failed."
    Exit Sub
End If

' 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

Dim date_gmt As New DtObj
Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
Dim id As Long
Dim date As String
Dim guidRendered As String
Dim modified As String
Dim modified_gmt As String
Dim slug As String
Dim status As String
Dim v_type As String
Dim link As String
Dim titleRendered As String
Dim contentRendered As String
Dim contentProtected As Long
Dim excerptRendered As String
Dim excerptProtected As Long
Dim author As Long
Dim featured_media As Long
Dim comment_status As String
Dim ping_status As String
Dim sticky As Long
Dim template As String
Dim format As String
Dim j As Long
Dim count_j As Long
Dim intVal As Long
Dim href As String
Dim embeddable As Long
Dim count As Long
Dim taxonomy As String
Dim name As String
Dim templated As Long

Dim i As Long
i = 0
Dim count_i As Long
count_i = jarrResp.Size
Do While i < count_i
    Set json = jarrResp.ObjectAt(i)
    id = json.IntOf("id")
    date = json.StringOf("date")
    success = 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")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("categories")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        intVal = json.IntOf("categories[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("tags")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        intVal = json.IntOf("tags[j]")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.self")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        href = json.StringOf("_links.self[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.collection")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        href = json.StringOf("_links.collection[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.about")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        href = json.StringOf("_links.about[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.author")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        embeddable = json.BoolOf("_links.author[j].embeddable")
        href = json.StringOf("_links.author[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.replies")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        embeddable = json.BoolOf("_links.replies[j].embeddable")
        href = json.StringOf("_links.replies[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.version-history")
    Do 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
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.predecessor-version")
    Do 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
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:attachment")
    Do While j < count_j
        json.J = j
        href = json.StringOf("_links.wp:attachment[j].href")
        j = j + 1
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.wp:term")
    Do 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
    Loop
    j = 0
    count_j = json.SizeOfArray("_links.curies")
    Do 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
    Loop

    i = i + 1
Loop