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Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Post with the WordPress.org API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Post action
1. Connect your WordPress.org account
2. Configure Title
3. Configure Content
4. Optional- Configure Excerpt
5. Optional- Select a Status
6. Optional- Select a Comment Status
7. Optional- Select a Author
8. Optional- Select one or more Categories
9. Optional- Select one or more Tags
10. Optional- Select a Featured Media
11. Optional- Configure Meta
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Post on WordPress.org

Description:Create a new WordPress post using the REST API directly. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#create-a-post)

Version:0.0.6

Key:wordpress_org-create-post

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Code#

import wordpress from "../../wordpress_org.app.mjs";
import utils from "../../common/utils.mjs";

export default {
  key: "wordpress_org-create-post",
  name: "Create Post",
  description: "Create a new WordPress post using the REST API directly. [See the documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/#create-a-post)",
  version: "0.0.6",
  annotations: {
    destructiveHint: false,
    openWorldHint: true,
    readOnlyHint: false,
  },
  type: "action",
  props: {
    wordpress,
    title: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "title",
      ],
    },
    content: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "content",
      ],
    },
    excerpt: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "excerpt",
      ],
    },
    status: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "status",
      ],
      default: "publish",
    },
    commentStatus: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "commentStatus",
      ],
    },
    author: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "author",
      ],
    },
    categories: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "categories",
      ],
    },
    tags: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "tags",
      ],
    },
    featuredMedia: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "media",
      ],
    },
    meta: {
      propDefinition: [
        wordpress,
        "meta",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    // Prepare post data
    const postData = {
      title: this.title,
      content: this.content,
      status: this.status,
    };

    // Add optional fields if provided
    if (this.excerpt) {
      postData.excerpt = this.excerpt;
    }

    if (this.author) {
      const parsedAuthor = parseInt(this.author, 10);
      if (!Number.isNaN(parsedAuthor)) {
        postData.author = parsedAuthor;
      }
    }

    if (this.commentStatus) {
      postData.comment_status = this.commentStatus;
    }

    if (this.categories && this.categories.length > 0) {
      const parsedCategories = this.categories
        .map((cat) => parseInt(cat, 10))
        .filter((val) => !Number.isNaN(val));
      if (parsedCategories.length > 0) {
        postData.categories = parsedCategories;
      }
    }

    if (this.tags && this.tags.length > 0) {
      const parsedTags = this.tags
        .map((tag) => parseInt(tag, 10))
        .filter((val) => !Number.isNaN(val));
      if (parsedTags.length > 0) {
        postData.tags = parsedTags;
      }
    }

    if (this.featuredMedia) {
      const parsedMedia = parseInt(this.featuredMedia, 10);
      if (!Number.isNaN(parsedMedia)) {
        postData.featured_media = parsedMedia;
      }
    }

    if (this.meta) {
      postData.meta = utils.parseObj(this.meta);
    }

    const response = await this.wordpress.createPost(postData);

    $.export("$summary", `Successfully created post: "${response?.title?.rendered || response?.id || "New Post"}"`);

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
WordPress.org	`wordpress`	`app`	This component uses the WordPress.org app.
Title	`title`	`string`	Title of the post
Content	`content`	`string`	The content of the post
Excerpt	`excerpt`	`string`	The excerpt of the post
Status	`status`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Comment Status	`commentStatus`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu:`openclosed`
Author	`author`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Categories	`categories`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Tags	`tags`	`string[]`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Featured Media	`featuredMedia`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Meta	`meta`	`object`	Metafields for the post. Note: Metafield keys must be registered in your Wordpress instance.