Action
WordPress - New Post
Create a new post on a WordPress blog using XML-RPC API through Drafts scripting. Additional options can be configured using parameters documented in Wordpress XML-RPC api docs. This example will create the post as a draft.
Steps
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script
// setup values to use in post let title = draft.processTemplate("[[title]]"); let body = draft.processTemplate("[[body]]"); // create credentials for site let cred = Credential.createWithHostUsernamePassword("WordPress", "WordPress credentials. Include full URL (with http://) of the home page of your WordPress site in the host field."); cred.authorize(); // create WordPress object and make request let wp = WordPress.create(cred.getValue("host"), 1, "", ""); let method = "wp.newPost" let params = [ 1, // blog_id, in most cases just use 1 cred.getValue("username"), cred.getValue("password"), { "post_title": title, "post_content": body } ]; let response = wp.runMethod(method, params); if (response.success) { console.log("Response: " + JSON.stringify(response.params)); console.log("Error: " + response.error); console.log("Create WordPress post id: " + response.params[0]); } else { console.log("HTTP Status: " + response.statusCode); console.log("XML-RPC Fault: " + response.faultCode + ", " + response.error); context.fail(); }
Options
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After Success Default Notification Info Log Level Info
Items available in the Drafts Directory are uploaded by community members. Use appropriate caution reviewing downloaded items before use.