wpcom.js

Official JavaScript library for the WordPress.com REST API. Compatible with Node.js and web browsers.

How to use

Node.js

Introduce the wpcom dependency into your package.json, and then initialize it with your API token (optional).

// Edit a post on a site
var wpcom = require('wpcom')('<your-token>');
var blog = wpcom.site('your-blog.wordpress.com');
blog.posts({ number: 8 })
  .then(list => { ... })
  .catch(error => { ... });

Browser

Include dist/wpcom.js and a suitable browser shim if needed to support the ES2015 features in <script> tags:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/babel-core/5.8.25/browser-polyfill.js"></script>
<script src="wpcom.js"></script>
<script>
  var wpcom = WPCOM('<your-token>');
  var blog = wpcom.site('your-blog.wordpress.com');
  blog.posts({ number: 8 })
    .then(list => { ... })
    .catch(error => { ... });
</script>

Authentication

Not all requests require a REST API token. For example, listing posts on a public site is something anyone can do.

If you do need a token, here are some links that will help you generate one:

OAuth2 Authentication at WordPress.com Developer Resources
wpcom-oauth-cors: a client-side WordPress.com OAuth2 library using CORS
wpcom-oauth: a server-side (Node.js) WordPress.com OAuth2 library
If you just want to quickly create a token, the example app bundled with wpcom-oauth is probably the easiest way.

API

WPCOM
WPCOM#Req - Direct requests to WordPress REST-API
Me
Site
Post
Media
Users

Examples

// Edit a post on a site
var wpcom = require('wpcom')('<your-token>');
var blog = wpcom.site('your-blog.wordpress.com');
blog.post({ slug: 'a-post-slug' }).update(data)
  .then(res => { ... })
  .catch(err => { ... });

You can omit the API token for operations that don't require permissions:

// List the last 8 posts on a site
var wpcom = require('wpcom')();
var blog = wpcom.site('your-blog.wordpress.com');
blog.posts({ number: 8 })
  .then(list => { ... })
  .catch(error => { ... });

More pre-made examples are in the examples/ directory.

Test

The token and site vars must be given to testing scripts either using TOKEN and SITE environment vars respectively or through of a config.json file into test/ folder like bellow:

{
  "site": "<site-url>",
  "token": "<token>"
}

Run tests:

$ make test-all

Also tests can be filtered using make test <filter>:

$ make test wpcom.site.post

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