Unauthorized User – Cannot Publish

Resolved riginosg
(@riginosg)

10 years, 5 months ago

Hello everyone!

I’m trying to create a new post using the JSON API by making a cURL request.

I have added the authorisation token on the http header but get the following error:

{“error”:”unauthorized”,”message”:”User cannot publish posts”}

When I try doing a get (getting all posts for examples) it works fine. On my website back-end the user I am using has admin privileges. However, when I go to developer.wordpress…. etc. to the security section and click on my website’s connected application it says that my access permissions are:

“View user information data such as username, name, email, blog and Gravatar.”

Might that be the problem??

http://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

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Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

10 years, 5 months ago

In order to post using the JSON API, you’ll need to authenticate first, using OAuth2.

You can read more about it here:
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/

You could have a look at how Open Source applications like StackEdit do to manage authentication to post to a Jetpack site. Here is how they handle the authentication:
https://github.com/benweet/stackedit/blob/master/public/res/helpers/wordpressHelper.js

Thread Starter riginosg
(@riginosg)

10 years, 4 months ago

Jeremy,

Thanks for the reply! I do use OAuth2 to authenticate. Do you have any examples on how I can do this using CURL?

Thanks,

George

Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

10 years, 4 months ago

Our documentation provides examples of how to authenticate with a token you get via curl:
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/

Thread Starter riginosg
(@riginosg)

10 years, 4 months ago

Thanks Jeremy! I’m already doing this. The problem is that I would like to be able to authorise my application without having to get into this intermediary screen where I have to actually click “Authorize”. How can I do that?

Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

10 years, 4 months ago

You do indeed have to authorize the app to use your WordPress.com account. That’s a necessary step for people to use your app.

If you need more details, could you send us an email with more details about your app here:
http://developer.wordpress.com/contact/

Thanks!

avikodak
(@avikodak)

9 years, 7 months ago

What is the exact solution for this even i’m facing the same issue?

Plugin Author Jeremy Herve
(@jeherve)

Jetpack Mechanic 🚀

9 years, 7 months ago

@avikodak Could you send us an email with as many details about your app as possible? Thanks!

http://developer.wordpress.com/contact/

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