Using REST API with Python3 – no update being made

Hi,
I’ve been strugging with this for a few hours, and the Support team directed me here, even though I have a .Com business account. So I hope this request is both appropriate for the forum, and that my explanation is sufficient for advise to be given.

The Situation:
I’d like to post some content, from a Python program resident on my laptop currently, into an existing page.

I have installed the WP REST API – OAuth 1.0a Server, and setup an Application Password.

I have read the documentation for the REST API (I’m new to that construct) and have reviewed advise on the stackoverflow forums.

I am able to make HTTP requests, using the Python script, to the page and receive responses.

The Problem:
My attempts to update (i.e. put some content on the page) have been unsuccessful. I receive a HTTP200 code but nothing has changed on the page itself.

The scratchpad code is below.

user = 'myappuser'
pythonapp = 'myappuserpwd'
post = {
        'title': 'First REST API post',
        'status': 'publish',
        'content': '<p>this is the content post</p>',
        }
url = 'https://mypage.org/'
url = url + "mypageToEdit"
r = requests.post(url, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(user, pythonapp), json=post)
print(r)
print(r.headers)
r.close()

• This topic was modified 7 years, 10 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Fixes formatting