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WordPress API Key Authentication with miniOrange Plugin

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Demonstrates API key authentication using the miniOrange API Authentication plugin.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

success = 0

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

set http = CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")

' 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"

set sbResponseBody = CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = http.QuickGetSb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1",sbResponseBody)
If (success = 0) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

set jarrResp = CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonArray")
success = jarrResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jarrResp.EmitCompact = 0

outFile.WriteLine("Response Body:")
outFile.WriteLine(jarrResp.Emit())

respStatusCode = http.LastStatus
outFile.WriteLine("Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode)
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Response Header:")
    outFile.WriteLine(http.LastHeader)
    outFile.WriteLine("Failed.")
    WScript.Quit
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

set date_gmt = CreateObject("Chilkat.DtObj")

i = 0
count_i = jarrResp.Size
Do While i < count_i
    ' json is a Chilkat.JsonObject
    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

outFile.Close