Publish to Wordpress using JSON API plugin and Coldfusion

I was using Postie to automatically publish to wordpress blog. I was searching a better method of publishing using soap api or json api. I found an excellent json plugin that can be used to publish posts and comments to wordpress.
Please follow the below step by step, this code will let you publish automatically for froma different interface to wordpress rather than using postie or email.

Step one: Install json plugin, enable the plugin and then go to settings > JSON API and  activate post

Step two: you have to modify the file: yourwordpressdirectory/wp-content/plugins/json-api/controllers/post.php

Please replace the file content with the below or add the missing Authenticate method. This method is necessary to authenticate a user to wordpress to be able to post content without a valid session.

<?php

/*

Controller name: Posts

Controller description: Data manipulation methods for posts

*/



class JSON_API_Posts_Controller {



  public function create_post() {

    global $json_api;

    $this->authenticate();

    if (!$json_api->query->nonce) {

      $json_api->error("You must include a 'nonce' value to create posts. Use the `get_nonce` Core API method.");

    }

    $nonce_id = $json_api->get_nonce_id('posts', 'create_post');

    if (!wp_verify_nonce($json_api->query->nonce, $nonce_id)) {

      $json_api->error("Your 'nonce' value was incorrect. Use the 'get_nonce' API method.");

    }

    nocache_headers();

    $post = new JSON_API_Post();

    $id = $post->create($_REQUEST);

    if (empty($id)) {

      $json_api->error("Could not create post.");

    }

    return array(

      'post' => $post

    );

  }

  

  /**

   * Attempts to authenticate user if author and user_password fields exist

   *

   * @return void

   * @author Achillefs Charmpilas

   */

  private function authenticate() {

    global $json_api;

    if ($json_api->query->author && $json_api->query->user_password) {

      $user = wp_signon(array('user_login' => $json_api->query->author, 'user_password' => $json_api->query->user_password));

      if (get_class($user) == 'WP_Error') {

        $json_api->error($user->errors);

      } else {

        if (!user_can($user->ID,'edit_posts')) {

          $json_api->error("You need to login with a user capable of creating posts.");

        }

      }

    } else {

      if (!current_user_can('edit_posts')) {

        $json_api->error("You need to login with a user capable of creating posts.");

      }

    }

  }

}



?>

Step three: Create a component (Class) publish.cfc first you need to request nonce code this is returned using the first cfhttp call and then I pass it to the create_post method of the json-api. The code below is very clear and self explanatory


<cfcomponent output="false">
 <cfhttp url="http://yourwordpressurl/?json=get_nonce&controller=posts&method=create_post" result="nonce" />
  <cffunction name="createPost" access="public" output="true" returntype="any" hint="Post">
      <cfargument name="status" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="title" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="content" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="author" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="user_password" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="categories" required="true" type="string">
      <cfargument name="tags" required="true" type="string">
      <cfhttp url="http:// yourwordpressurl/api/posts/create_post/" result="addpost">
      <cfhttpparam name="nonce" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#DeserializeJSON(nonce.filecontent).nonce#">
      <cfhttpparam name="status" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#status#">
      <cfhttpparam name="title" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#title#">
      <cfhttpparam name="content" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#content#">
      <cfhttpparam name="author" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#author#">
      <cfhttpparam name="user_password" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#user_password#">
      <cfhttpparam name="categories" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#categories#">
      <cfhttpparam name="tags" type="URL" encoded="yes" value="#tags#">
      </cfhttp>
      <cfreturn addpost />
  </cffunction>
</cfcomponent>

Step Four: Now in your cfm page something like post.cfm you invoke the class as below:

<cfset postCFC = createObject("component", "publish")>

Now call the method and pass the content you want to publish:

<cfset postCFC.createPost("Publish","#title#","#content1#","username","password","#category#","#tags#")>

The create_post method attributes above are as below:

1- Post status (Draft, Published)
2- Post Title
3- Post Content
4,5- Username and password for a user who has authority to publish
6- list of categories
7- list of tags

Enjoy auto posting and or a new posting interface to wordpress. If you have any question please comment to the post.

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