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WordPress Media Upload

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Demonstrates how to upload a media file to WordPress.

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Swift

func chilkatTest() {
    var success: Bool = false

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

    let http = CkoHttp()!

    // 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.login = "wp_username"
    // Use the application password, such as "Nths RwVH eDJ4 weNZ orMN jabq"
    http.password = "app_password"
    http.basicAuth = true

    let req = CkoHttpRequest()!
    req.httpVerb = "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.contentType = "image/jpg"
    req.path = "/wp-json/wp/v2/media"

    success = req.loadBody(fromFile: "qa_data/jpg/starfish.jpg")
    if success == false {
        print("\(req.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    req.addHeader(name: "Content-Disposition", value: "attachment; filename=starfish.jpg")

    req.addHeader(name: "Expect", value: "100-continue")

    let resp = CkoHttpResponse()!
    success = http.httpSReq(domain: "www.yourserver.com", port: 443, ssl: true, request: req, response: resp)
    if success == false {
        print("\(http.lastErrorText!)")
        return
    }

    print("HTTP response status: \(resp.statusCode.intValue)")

    let jsonResponse = CkoJsonObject()!
    jsonResponse.load(json: resp.bodyStr)

    jsonResponse.emitCompact = false
    print("\(jsonResponse.emit()!)")

    // 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 = CkoDtObj()!
    var href: String?
    var embeddable: Bool
    var name: String?
    var templated: Bool

    var id: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "id").intValue
    var date: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "date")
    jsonResponse.dt(of: "date_gmt", bLocal: false, dt: date_gmt)
    var guidRendered: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "guid.rendered")
    var guidRaw: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "guid.raw")
    var modified: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "modified")
    var modified_gmt: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "modified_gmt")
    var slug: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "slug")
    var status: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "status")
    var v_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "type")
    var link: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "link")
    var titleRaw: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "title.raw")
    var titleRendered: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "title.rendered")
    var author: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "author").intValue
    var comment_status: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "comment_status")
    var ping_status: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "ping_status")
    var template: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "template")
    var permalink_template: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "permalink_template")
    var generated_slug: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "generated_slug")
    var descriptionRaw: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "description.raw")
    var descriptionRendered: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "description.rendered")
    var captionRaw: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "caption.raw")
    var captionRendered: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "caption.rendered")
    var alt_text: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "alt_text")
    var media_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_type")
    var mime_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "mime_type")
    var media_detailsWidth: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.width").intValue
    var media_detailsHeight: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.height").intValue
    var media_detailsFile: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.file")
    var media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailFile: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.file")
    var media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailWidth: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.width").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailHeight: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.height").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailMime_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.mime_type")
    var media_detailsSizesWoocommerce_gallery_thumbnailSource_url: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail.source_url")
    var media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailFile: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.file")
    var media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailWidth: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.width").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailHeight: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.height").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailMime_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.mime_type")
    var media_detailsSizesShop_thumbnailSource_url: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.shop_thumbnail.source_url")
    var media_detailsSizesFullFile: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.full.file")
    var media_detailsSizesFullWidth: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.full.width").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesFullHeight: Int = jsonResponse.int(of: "media_details.sizes.full.height").intValue
    var media_detailsSizesFullMime_type: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.full.mime_type")
    var media_detailsSizesFullSource_url: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.sizes.full.source_url")
    var media_detailsImage_metaAperture: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.aperture")
    var media_detailsImage_metaCredit: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.credit")
    var media_detailsImage_metaCamera: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.camera")
    var media_detailsImage_metaCaption: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.caption")
    var media_detailsImage_metaCreated_timestamp: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.created_timestamp")
    var media_detailsImage_metaCopyright: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.copyright")
    var media_detailsImage_metaFocal_length: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.focal_length")
    var media_detailsImage_metaIso: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.iso")
    var media_detailsImage_metaShutter_speed: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.shutter_speed")
    var media_detailsImage_metaTitle: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.title")
    var media_detailsImage_metaOrientation: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "media_details.image_meta.orientation")
    var post: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "post")
    var source_url: String? = jsonResponse.string(of: "source_url")
    var i: Int = 0
    var count_i: Int = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "meta").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "media_details.image_meta.keywords").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "missing_image_sizes").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.self").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.self[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.collection").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.collection[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.about").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.about[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.author").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        embeddable = jsonResponse.bool(of: "_links.author[i].embeddable")
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.author[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.replies").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        embeddable = jsonResponse.bool(of: "_links.replies[i].embeddable")
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.replies[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.wp:action-unfiltered-html[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.wp:action-assign-author").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.wp:action-assign-author[i].href")
        i = i + 1
    }

    i = 0
    count_i = jsonResponse.size(ofArray: "_links.curies").intValue
    while i < count_i {
        jsonResponse.i = i
        name = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.curies[i].name")
        href = jsonResponse.string(of: "_links.curies[i].href")
        templated = jsonResponse.bool(of: "_links.curies[i].templated")
        i = i + 1
    }


}