Drafts Directory: Post to WordPress

Action

Posted by Colin Walker, Last update about 6 years ago - Unlisted

Post to WordPress directly from Drafts.

Requirements:

Markdown support in WordPress via Jetpack or other plugin
the Basic Authentication Handler plugin must be installed on your WordPress site
you should be using HTTPS for security (do not use this is you don’t have an SSL certificate for your site)
the Base64 encoder action must be installed to set up WordPress credentials

Usage

Run this action from within a draft. It will call the Base64 action to set your site URL and credentials (these will be stored as a credential object in Drafts so you only need to enter them once.)

Do not run the Base64 encoder action directly.

Trusted member

Install

Steps

includeAction
name
WordPress credentials

script

// set up the initial prompt for post status

var p = Prompt.create();
p.isCancellable = "true";

var options = ["status", "standard"];
var selectedOptions = ["status"];

// single selection
p.addSelect("s1", "Post format...", options, selectedOptions, false);

p.addButton("Publish");
p.addButton("Draft");

if (p.show()) {

if (p.buttonPressed == "Publish") {
  var status = "publish";
} else {
  var status = "draft";
}

var postFormat = p.fieldValues["s1"][0];

console.log(p.buttonPressed);

console.log(postFormat);

// Error if empty

if (draft.content == "") {
  alert("The draft is empty!");
  throw new Error("The draft is empty!");
}

// define Rest API endpoint

var endpoint = credential.getValue("host")+"/wp-json/wp/v2/posts";

var postContent = draft.processTemplate("[[body]]");


// create and post HTTP request

var http = HTTP.create();
var response = http.request({
  "url": endpoint,
  "method": "POST",
  "encoding": "form",
  "data": {
    "title": draft.title,
    "content": postContent,
    "status": status,
    "format": postFormat
  },
  "headers": {
    'Authorization': 'Basic '+encodedString
  }
});

console.log("Response: " + response.statusCode);

// read the API response, get the post ID of the created item then view the post

var responseStr = JSON.parse(response.responseText);
var id = responseStr.id;

var url = credential.getValue("host")+"/?p="+id+"&preview=true";

app.openURL(url,false);

} else {
  console.log("Cancelled");
}

Options

After Success Archive

Notification Error

Log Level Info

Items available in the Drafts Directory are uploaded by community members. Use appropriate caution reviewing downloaded items before use.

After Success	Archive
Notification	Error
Log Level	Info

Action

Post to WordPress

Steps

includeAction

script

Options