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WordPress Authentication with Applications Password Plugin

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

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

let http = chilkat::Http::new();

// 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.set_login("wp_username");
// Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
http.set_password("app_password");
http.set_basic_auth(true);

let sb_response_body = chilkat::StringBuilder::new();
if http.quick_get_sb("https://www.yoursite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?page=1", &sb_response_body).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

let jarr_resp = chilkat::JsonArray::new();
let _ = jarr_resp.load_sb(&sb_response_body);
jarr_resp.set_emit_compact(false);

println!("Response Body:");
println!("{}", jarr_resp.emit().unwrap_or_default());

let resp_status_code = http.last_status();
println!("Response Status Code = {}", resp_status_code);
if resp_status_code >= 400 {
    println!("Response Header:");
    println!("{}", http.last_header());
    println!("Failed.");
    return;
}

// 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

let date_gmt = chilkat::DtObj::new();
let mut j: i32 = 0;
let mut count_j: i32 = 0;

let mut i = 0;
let count_i = jarr_resp.size();
while i < count_i {
    let json = jarr_resp.object_at(i).unwrap();
    let _ = json.int_of("id");
    let _ = json.string_of("date").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.dt_of("date_gmt", false, &date_gmt);
    let _ = json.string_of("guid.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("modified").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("modified_gmt").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("slug").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("status").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("type").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("link").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("title.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("content.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.bool_of("content.protected");
    let _ = json.string_of("excerpt.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.bool_of("excerpt.protected");
    let _ = json.int_of("author");
    let _ = json.int_of("featured_media");
    let _ = json.string_of("comment_status").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("ping_status").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.bool_of("sticky");
    let _ = json.string_of("template").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json.string_of("format").unwrap_or_default();
    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("meta");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("categories");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.int_of("categories[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("tags");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.int_of("tags[j]");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.self");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.self[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.collection");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.collection[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.about");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.about[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.author");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.bool_of("_links.author[j].embeddable");
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.author[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.replies");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.bool_of("_links.replies[j].embeddable");
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.replies[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.version-history");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.int_of("_links.version-history[j].count");
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.version-history[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.predecessor-version");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.int_of("_links.predecessor-version[j].id");
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.predecessor-version[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.wp:attachment");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.wp:attachment[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.wp:term");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.wp:term[j].taxonomy").unwrap_or_default();
        let _ = json.bool_of("_links.wp:term[j].embeddable");
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.wp:term[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        j = j + 1;
    }

    j = 0;
    count_j = json.size_of_array("_links.curies");
    while j < count_j {
        json.set_j(j);
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.curies[j].name").unwrap_or_default();
        let _ = json.string_of("_links.curies[j].href").unwrap_or_default();
        let _ = json.bool_of("_links.curies[j].templated");
        j = j + 1;
    }

    i = i + 1;
}