Post with REST API on Wordpress.com [Error 401, not allowed]

Question

I want to post articles with rest on one of my wordpress.com websites (wordpress website hosted on the free wordpress.com platform).

Endpoint, GET on: https://public-api.wordpress.com/wp/v2/sites/donnadulcinea.wordpress.com/posts

With Basic-Auth header. Body of the request (for test),

{"title":"New Rest Post"}

Response:

{
    "code": "rest_cannot_create",
    "message": "Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.",
    "data": {
        "status": 401
    }
}

What's wrong? Where may I found one final example for a really simple posting on a wordpress.com domain?

Try the Application passwords plugin

tread
– tread

2019-10-12 18:36:26 +00:00
Commented Oct 12, 2019 at 18:36 — tread
– tread, Commented Oct 12, 2019 at 18:36

linktoahref · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-14 09:42:18Z

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First, are you using the basic auth plugin? here

Second, I'm not sure if your endpoint is correct. This is how I use:

http://localhost/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

I tried in my website, with this json:

{
    "title":"title",
    "content":"content",
    "categories":"news",
    "status":"publish"
}

and it worked

edited Feb 14, 2018 at 9:42

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Gaurav Aggarwal Over a year ago

i was fool trying so many plugins but "JSON Basic Authentication" was the plugin who did the job simple solution great answer.

Jeremy Caney · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-26 19:50:32Z

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I just faced the same issue. Download the miniOrange API Authentication plugin. Then, if running on an Apache server, add the below two lines to your .htaccess file after the RewriteBase:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule .* - [e=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]

Works like a charm.

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tdy · Accepted Answer · 2024-07-05 21:25:11Z

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I encountered an error while trying to access the API locally:

Response: {"code":"rest_cannot_create","message":"Sorry, you are not allowed to create posts as this user.","data":{"status":401}}.

I found a solution. Add this to your wp-config file:

define( 'WP_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE', 'local' );

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Halmackenreuter Over a year ago

Don't do that - there are good security reasons not to change the environment type to local.

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