Create a POST with the WordPress API using Python

wordpress-post-api.py

import requests
from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

# Replace with your WordPress site URL
wordpress_url = 'https://website/wp-json/wp/v2/posts'

# Replace with your username and password
username = 'user'
password = 'lXsJ J1jB R43j MaBq lkzP x5Hr'

# Create a new post data
post_data = {
    'title': 'New Post Title',
    'content': 'This is the content of the new post.',
    'status': 'publish'  # You can also use 'draft' or 'private'
}

# Make a POST request to create the new post with Basic Authentication
response = requests.post(
    wordpress_url,
    json=post_data,
    auth=HTTPBasicAuth(username, password)
)

# Check the response status code
if response.status_code == 201:
    print('Post created successfully!')
    print('Post ID:', response.json()['id'])
else:
    print('Failed to create the post. Status code:', response.status_code)
    print('Response:', response.text)