Python script to generate blogs posts issue

import requests
import json

# Set the endpoint URL of your WordPress website
url = 'https://MYSITE.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/'

# Set the credentials for authentication
username = 'USR'
password = 'PASS'

# Set the post content
title = 'Test post'
content = 'This is the content of my new post.'

# Set the request headers
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

# Set the request data
data = {
'title': title,
'content': content,
'status': 'draft'
}

# Send the request
response = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers, auth=(username, password))

print (response.headers)
print (response.text)

# Check the response
if response.status_code == 201:
print('Post created successfully!')
else:
print('Error creating the post. Status Code:', response.status_code)
print('Error message:', response.text)

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[]
Error creating the post. Status Code: 200
Error message: []

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IslanderMark said:

if anyone can maybe help with this issue I'm encountering when running my python script that would be great, I feel like I have tried everything at this point.

I am simply trying to do some very basic posting to my site, it used to work but then I decided to switch to a VPS and now it wont work.

When I run it I get a 200 status code, I will include the output below the code. But the code does nothing, it doesn't actually post the post, it just prints out the 200 code and that it.

I also was using Wordpress xmlrpc but stopped with that cause I got an annoying error of 301 moved permanently and cant figure out that either, so if you have insight on that too i would go back to that if I can get it fixed

But the code I am trying now is as such, any info would be appreciated:



Output:

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TROYSTORY said:

i am not an expert to help you,but why dont you try chatgpt,to answer your question,i saw many youtube videos where you post the code and it analyse it and suggests you some options

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Ding Dong said:

Status Code 200 is successful response.Check the data variable you're sending in the request is formatted correctly and check title, content, status match the expected names in the WordPress API.

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blinks said:

I also use python to process automatic posts to WordPress. from my experience, the Basic-Auth-master plugin must be installed on the wordpress section.

Here's my code example:

Python:

def WP_Poster(self, w, u, p, t, c, d):    
        url = w+'/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/'
        aut = base64.b64encode(str.encode(u+':'+p)).decode('ascii')
        hd = {
                'Accept': 'application/json',
                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
                'Authorization': 'Basic '+aut,}
        data = {
                'type': 'post',
                'title': t,          
                'content': c,
                'date': d,
                'status': 'publish',
        }
        r = requests.post(url, data = json.dumps(data), headers=hd)
        return r

Hope it helps

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BlurryBit said:

Are you sure it's an error? Your code checks for 201, but 200 status is a success status as well. I am not 100% sure what wp responds with (and it's not clear from the doc as well lol), but do check the posts table and see if the post actually got inserted. If it did, just check for 200 instead of 201.

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IslanderMark said:

What i did notice is that the post I am trying to make is not being uploaded, but the old dummy posts are still there as well. Even though I deleted them a while ago. Not sure if this is normal or not, but if i deleted them from the site should they still be there in the table?

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