B4X

WordPress Create Post

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Demonstrates how to create a WordPress post. B4X

Dim success As Boolean = False

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

Dim http As ChilkatHttp
http.Initialize("http")

'  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"
'  See WordPress Application Passwords Plugin
http.Password = "app_password"
http.BasicAuth = True

'  Note: For this to work, you'll likely need to update your .htaccess file on your WordPress server.
'  Otherwise you'll get this error:
'  
'  401 : Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user
'  
'  Your default .htaccess file probably looks like this:
'  
'  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
'  RewriteEngine On
'  RewriteBase /
'  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
'  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
'  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
'  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
'  </IfModule>
'  # END WordPress
'  
'  Add the following line immediately after the "RewriteEngine On" line:    RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
'  Your .htaccess file should look like this after the edit:
'  
'  <IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
'  RewriteEngine On
'  RewriteRule .* - [E=REMOTE_USER:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
'  RewriteBase /
'  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
'  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
'  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
'  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
'  </IfModule>
'  # END WordPress

Dim json As ChilkatJsonObject
json.Initialize
json.UpdateString("title", "This is a test post")
json.UpdateString("content", "<p>This is the HTML body of my post</p>")
'  The status can be "draft" or "publish"
json.UpdateString("status", "draft")

'  Add tags -- but you need to know the ID of an existing tag.
'  See Chilkat's other WordPress example for creating a tag, or getting the ID of an existing tag.
Dim tagIdx As Int = 0
json.I = tagIdx
'  When Chilkat sees the literal string "[i]" in the JSON path, it replaces the "i" with the value of the "I" property.
json.UpdateInt("tags[i]", 56)
tagIdx = tagIdx + 1
json.I = tagIdx
json.UpdateInt("tags[i]", 75)
'  ..

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
resp.Initialize
success = http.HttpJson("POST", "https://cknotes.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts", json, "application/json", resp)
If success = False Then
    Log(http.LastErrorText)
    Return
End If


If resp.StatusCode <> 201 Then
    Log(resp.BodyStr)
    Log("status code = " & resp.StatusCode)
    Return
End If


Dim jResp As ChilkatJsonObject
jResp.Initialize
jResp.Load(resp.BodyStr)
Log("Post ID = " & jResp.IntOf("id"))
Log("Post URL = " & jResp.StringOf("link"))