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WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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

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

// This example will use WordPress username / Application password authentication using the "Applications Password" plugin.
// See https://wordpress.org/plugins/application-passwords/

// 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 req = chilkat::HttpRequest::new();
req.set_http_verb("POST");

// Use the Content-Type that corresponds to the type of file you are uploading.

// WordPress supports uploading the following file types:

// Images
// 
//     .jpg  (image/jpg)
//     .jpeg  (image/jpeg)
//     .png  (image/png)
//     .gif  (image/gif)
//     .ico (image/x-icon)
// 
// Documents
// 
//     .pdf (applicatin/pdf)
//     .doc, .docx (application/msword)
//     .ppt, .pptx, .pps, .ppsx (application/mspowerpoint)
//     .odt 
//     .xls, .xlsx (application/msexcel)
//     .psd (??? image/vnd.adobe.photoshop,application/x-photoshop,application/photoshop,application/psd,image/psd)
// 
// Audio
// 
//     .mp3 (audio/mpeg)
//     .m4a
//     .ogg
//     .wav (audio/wav)
// 
// Video
// 
//     .mp4, .m4v (video/mp4)
//     .mov (video/quicktime)
//     .wmv (video/x-ms-wmv)
//     .avi (video/avi)
//     .mpg (video/mpeg)
//     .ogv 
//     .3gp 
//     .3g2 

req.set_content_type("image/jpg");
req.set_path("/wp-json/wp/v2/media");

if req.load_body_from_file("qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg").is_err() {
    println!("{}", req.last_error_text());
    return;
}

req.add_header("Content-Disposition", "attachment; filename=starfish.jpg");

req.add_header("Expect", "100-continue");

let resp = chilkat::HttpResponse::new();
if http.http_s_req("www.yourserver.com", 443, true, &req, &resp).is_err() {
    println!("{}", http.last_error_text());
    return;
}

println!("HTTP response status: {}", resp.status_code());

let json_response = chilkat::JsonObject::new();
let _ = json_response.load(&resp.body_str());

json_response.set_emit_compact(false);
println!("{}", json_response.emit().unwrap_or_default());

// Sample JSON response:
// (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)

// {
//   "id": 1915,
//   "date": "2021-01-19T18:25:01",
//   "date_gmt": "2021-01-20T01:25:01",
//   "guid": {
//     "rendered": "http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
//     "raw": "http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg"
//   },
//   "modified": "2021-01-19T18:25:01",
//   "modified_gmt": "2021-01-20T01:25:01",
//   "slug": "starfish",
//   "status": "inherit",
//   "type": "attachment",
//   "link": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/starfish\/",
//   "title": {
//     "raw": "starfish",
//     "rendered": "starfish"
//   },
//   "author": 1,
//   "comment_status": "closed",
//   "ping_status": "closed",
//   "template": "",
//   "meta": [
//   ],
//   "permalink_template": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/?attachment_id=1915",
//   "generated_slug": "starfish",
//   "description": {
//     "raw": "",
//     "rendered": "<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg'><img width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg 120w, http:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"
//   },
//   "caption": {
//     "raw": "",
//     "rendered": ""
//   },
//   "alt_text": "",
//   "media_type": "image",
//   "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
//   "media_details": {
//     "width": 120,
//     "height": 120,
//     "file": "2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
//     "sizes": {
//       "woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail": {
//         "file": "starfish-100x100.jpg",
//         "width": 100,
//         "height": 100,
//         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
//         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg"
//       },
//       "shop_thumbnail": {
//         "file": "starfish-100x100.jpg",
//         "width": 100,
//         "height": 100,
//         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
//         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish-100x100.jpg"
//       },
//       "full": {
//         "file": "starfish.jpg",
//         "width": 120,
//         "height": 120,
//         "mime_type": "image\/jpeg",
//         "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg"
//       }
//     },
//     "image_meta": {
//       "aperture": "0",
//       "credit": "",
//       "camera": "",
//       "caption": "",
//       "created_timestamp": "0",
//       "copyright": "",
//       "focal_length": "0",
//       "iso": "0",
//       "shutter_speed": "0",
//       "title": "",
//       "orientation": "0",
//       "keywords": [
//       ]
//     }
//   },
//   "post": null,
//   "source_url": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/starfish.jpg",
//   "missing_image_sizes": [
//   ],
//   "_links": {
//     "self": [
//       {
//         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
//       }
//     ],
//     "collection": [
//       {
//         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"
//       }
//     ],
//     "about": [
//       {
//         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"
//       }
//     ],
//     "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=1915"
//       }
//     ],
//     "wp:action-unfiltered-html": [
//       {
//         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
//       }
//     ],
//     "wp:action-assign-author": [
//       {
//         "href": "https:\/\/cknotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1915"
//       }
//     ],
//     "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 id = json_response.int_of("id");
let date = json_response.string_of("date").unwrap_or_default();
let _ = json_response.dt_of("date_gmt", false, &date_gmt);
let guid_rendered = json_response.string_of("guid.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
let guid_raw = json_response.string_of("guid.raw").unwrap_or_default();
let modified = json_response.string_of("modified").unwrap_or_default();
let modified_gmt = json_response.string_of("modified_gmt").unwrap_or_default();
let slug = json_response.string_of("slug").unwrap_or_default();
let status = json_response.string_of("status").unwrap_or_default();
let v_type = json_response.string_of("type").unwrap_or_default();
let link = json_response.string_of("link").unwrap_or_default();
let title_raw = json_response.string_of("title.raw").unwrap_or_default();
let title_rendered = json_response.string_of("title.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
let author = json_response.int_of("author");
let comment_status = json_response.string_of("comment_status").unwrap_or_default();
let ping_status = json_response.string_of("ping_status").unwrap_or_default();
let template = json_response.string_of("template").unwrap_or_default();
let permalink_template = json_response.string_of("permalink_template").unwrap_or_default();
let generated_slug = json_response.string_of("generated_slug").unwrap_or_default();
let description_raw = json_response.string_of("description.raw").unwrap_or_default();
let description_rendered = json_response.string_of("description.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
let caption_raw = json_response.string_of("caption.raw").unwrap_or_default();
let caption_rendered = json_response.string_of("caption.rendered").unwrap_or_default();
let alt_text = json_response.string_of("alt_text").unwrap_or_default();
let media_type = json_response.string_of("media_type").unwrap_or_default();
let mime_type = json_response.string_of("mime_type").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_width = json_response.int_of("media_details.width");
let media_details_height = json_response.int_of("media_details.height");
let media_details_file = json_response.string_of("media_details.file").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail_file = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.file").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail_width = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.width");
let media_details_sizes_woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail_height = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.height");
let media_details_sizes_woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail_mime_type = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.mime_type").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail_source_url = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.source_url").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_shop_thumbnail_file = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.file").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_shop_thumbnail_width = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.width");
let media_details_sizes_shop_thumbnail_height = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.height");
let media_details_sizes_shop_thumbnail_mime_type = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.mime_type").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_shop_thumbnail_source_url = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.source_url").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_full_file = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.full.file").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_full_width = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.full.width");
let media_details_sizes_full_height = json_response.int_of("media_details.sizes.full.height");
let media_details_sizes_full_mime_type = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.full.mime_type").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_sizes_full_source_url = json_response.string_of("media_details.sizes.full.source_url").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_aperture = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.aperture").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_credit = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.credit").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_camera = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.camera").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_caption = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.caption").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_created_timestamp = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.created_timestamp").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_copyright = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.copyright").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_focal_length = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.focal_length").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_iso = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.iso").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_shutter_speed = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.shutter_speed").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_title = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.title").unwrap_or_default();
let media_details_image_meta_orientation = json_response.string_of("media_details.image_meta.orientation").unwrap_or_default();
let post = json_response.string_of("post").unwrap_or_default();
let source_url = json_response.string_of("source_url").unwrap_or_default();
let mut i = 0;
let mut count_i = json_response.size_of_array("meta");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("media_details.image_meta.keywords");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("missing_image_sizes");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.self");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.self[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.collection");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.collection[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.about");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.about[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.author");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.bool_of("_links.author[i].embeddable");
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.author[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.replies");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.bool_of("_links.replies[i].embeddable");
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.replies[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.wp:action-assign-author");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    i = i + 1;
}

i = 0;
count_i = json_response.size_of_array("_links.curies");
while i < count_i {
    json_response.set_i(i);
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.curies[i].name").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json_response.string_of("_links.curies[i].href").unwrap_or_default();
    let _ = json_response.bool_of("_links.curies[i].templated");
    i = i + 1;
}