node-wordpress

A node.js JavaScript client for working with WordPress.

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Requires WordPress 3.4 or newer (uses the WordPress XML-RPC API).

Installation

npm install wordpress

Usage

var wordpress = require( "wordpress" );
var client = wordpress.createClient({
	url: "my-site.com",
	username: "admin",
	password: "secret"
});

client.getPosts(function( error, posts ) {
	console.log( "Found " + posts.length + " posts!" );
});

More usage examples can be found in the examples directory.

Full Site Synchronization

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API

Note: In order to provide a slightly nicer API, the XML-RPC field names have been mapped to CamelCase names. In some cases, the names are also altered because the original names are awkward. See the Fields section for a list of fields by type.

Client

wordpress.createClient( settings )

Creates a new client instance.

• settings: A hash of settings that apply to all requests for the new client.
  • username: The username for the WordPress account.
  • password: The password for the WordPress account.
  • url: The URL for the WordPress install.
  • host (optional): The actual host to connect to if different from the URL, e.g., when deploying to a local server behind a firewall.
  • blogId (optional; default: 0): The blog ID for the WordPress install.
  • rejectUnauthorized (optional; default: true): A boolean indicating whether Node.js should automatically reject clients with invalid certificates. See tls.createSecurePair() in Node's documentation.
  • basicAuth (optional): An object holding HTTP basic authentication credentials.
    • username: The username for the HTTP basic auth.
    • password: The password for the HTTP basic auth.

wordpress.Client

The constructor used for client connections. Useful for creating extensions.

Posts

client.getPost( id [, fields], callback )

Gets a post by ID.

• id: The ID of the post to get.
• fields (optional): An array of fields to return.
• callback (function( error, post )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • post: An object containing the post data.

client.getPosts( [filter] [, fields], callback )

Gets all posts, optionally filtered.

• filter (optional): A hash of key/value pairs for filtering which posts to get.
• fields (optional): An array of fields to return.
• callback (function( error, posts )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • posts: An array containing the posts.

client.newPost( data, callback )

Creates a new post.

• data: The data for the new post.
• callback (function( error, id )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • id: The ID of the new post.

client.editPost( id, data, callback )

Edits an existing post.

• id: The ID of the post to edit.
• data: The data to update on the post.
• callback (function( error )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

client.deletePost( id, callback )

Deletes a post.

NOTE: Deleting a post may move it to the trash and then deleting a second time will actually delete.

• id: The ID of the post to delete.
• callback (function( error )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

client.getPostType( name, [, fields], callback )

Gets a post type by name.

• name: The name of the post type to get.
• fields (optional): An array of fields to return.
• callback (function( error, postType )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • postType: An object containing the post type data.

client.getPostTypes( [filter], [, fields], callback )

Gets all post types.

• filter (optional): A hash of key/value pairs for filtering which posts types to get.
• fields (optional): An array of fields to return.
• callback (function( error, postTypes )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • postTypes: An array containing the post types.

Taxonomies

client.getTaxonomy( name, callback )

Gets a taxonomy by name.

• name: The name of the taxonomy to get.
• callback (function( error, taxonomy )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • taxonomy: An object containing the taxonomy data.

client.getTaxonomies( callback )

Gets all taxonomies.

• callback (function( error, taxonomies )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • taxonomies: An array containing the taxonomies.

client.getTerm( taxonomy, id, callback )

Gets a taxonomy term by ID.

• taxonomy: The name fo the taxonomy the term belongs to.
• id: The ID of the term to get.
• callback (function( error, term )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • term: An object containing the taxonomy term data.

client.getTerms( taxonomy [, fields], callback )

Gets all taxonomy terms.

• taxonomy: The name fo the taxonomy the term belongs to.
• fields (optional): An array of fields to return.
• callback (function( error, terms )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • terms: An array containing the taxonomy terms.

client.newTerm( data, callback )

Creates a new taxonomy term.

• data: The data for the new taxonomy term.
• callback (function( error, id )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • id: The ID of the new taxonomy term.

client.editTerm( id, data, callback )

Edits an existing taxonomy term.

• id: The ID of the taxonomy term to edit.
• data: The data to update on the taxonomy.
• callback (function( error )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

client.deleteTerm( taxonomy, id, callback )

Deletes a taxonomy term.

• taxonomy: The name fo the taxonomy the term belongs to.
• id: The ID of the taxonomy term to delete.
• callback (function( error )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

Media

client.getMediaItem( id, callback )

Gets a piece of media by ID.

• id: The ID of the piece of media to get.
• callback (function( error, media ) ): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

client.getMediaLibrary( [filter], callback )

• filter (optional): A hash of key/value pairs for filtering which posts to get.
• callback (function( error, media ) ): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.

client.uploadFile( data, callback )

Uploads a file to Wordpress.

• data: The data for the file to upload.
  • name: The filename.
  • type: The file MIME type, e.g img/jpg.
  • bits: Binary data.
  • overwrite (optional): Whether this file should overwrite any existing file of the same name.
  • postId (optional): Which post to assign the attachment to.
• callback (function( error, file )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • file: An object containing the file data.

Utilities

client.listMethods( callback )

Gets a list of all avaialble methods.

• callback (function( error, methods )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • methods: An array of methods.

client.call( method [, args... ], callback )

Invokes a method.

• method: The method to call.
• args (optional): Arguments to pass to the method.
• callback (function( error [, data] )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
  • data: Data returned by the method.

client.authenticatedCall( method [, args... ], callback )

Invokes a method with the username and password provided by the client.

• method: The method to call.
• args (optional): Arguments to pass to the method.
• callback (function( error [, data] )): A callback to invoke when the API call is complete.
• data: Data returned by the method.

Fields

Files

• name
• type
• bits
• overwrite
• postId

Labels

• addNewItem
• addOrRemoveItems
• allItems
• chooseFromMostUsed
• editItem
• menuName
• name
• nameAdminBar
• newItemName
• parentItem
• parentItemColon
• popularItems
• searchItems
• separateItemsWithCommas
• singularName
• updateItem
• viewItem

Posts

• author
• commentStatus
• content
• customFields
• date
• excerpt
• format
• id
• link
• modified
• menuOrder
• name
• pageTemplate
• parent
• password
• pingStatus
• status
• sticky
• terms
• termNames
• thumbnail
• title
• type

Post Types

• cap
• capabilityType
• description
• _editLink
• excludeFromSearch
• hasArchive
• hierarchical
• label
• labels
• mapMetaCap
• menuIcon
• menuPosition
• name
• "public
• publiclyQuerably
• queryVar
• rewrite
• showInAdminBar
• showInMenu
• showInNavMenus
• showUi
• supports
• taxonomies

Post Type Capabilities

• deleteOthersPosts
• deletePost
• deletePosts
• deletePrivatePosts
• deletePublishedPosts
• editOthersPosts
• editPost
• editPosts
• editPrivatePosts
• editPublishedPosts
• publishPosts
• read
• readPost
• readPrivatePosts

Taxonomies

• cap
• hierarchical
• name
• label
• labels
• objectType
• public
• queryVar
• rewrite
• showInNavMenus
• showTagCloud
• showUi

Taxanomy Capabilities

• assignTerms
• deleteTerms
• editTerms
• manageTerms

Terms

• count
• description
• name
• parent
• slug
• taxonomy
• termId
• termTaxonomyId

Media

• attachmentId
• caption
• date
• description
• link
• metadata
  • file
  • height
  • imageMeta
    • aperture
    • camera
    • caption
    • copyright
    • createdTimestamp
    • credit
    • focalLength
    • iso
    • keywords
    • orientation
    • shutterSpeed
    • title
  • sizes
    • file
    • height
    • mimeType
    • width
  • width
• parent
• thumbnail
• title
• type

License

Copyright Scott González. Released under the terms of the MIT license.

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