Publish a Post Screaming

The main idea of this talk is to show new possibilities about how you can interact the WP REST API with small devices like RaspberryPi.

This talk was presented in WordCamp New York City 2018:
https://2018.nyc.wordcamp.org/sessions/#wcorg-session-2742

This talk was presented in WordCamp Miami 2018: https://2018.miami.wordcamp.org/session/interacting-with-wordpress-w-raspberry-pi-rest-api/

Here is the result of the presentation: http://rest.donini.me/congratulations-wordcamp-miami-2018-you-reach-36-decibels-wcmia/

Transcript

1. by Rodrigo Donini
   @donini
   PUBLISH A POST
   SCREAMING
   WordCamp New York 2018
   

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   The challenges
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   Landscape
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   References
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   Overview of the REST-API
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   Decibel-meter Package
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   Live code
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   Live preview
   Agenda
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   The Main Challenges
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   • Consume and show a
   practical example of using
   the WP REST API
   • Interact with the audience
   somehow.
   

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   Landscape (The Premise)
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   The audience make some noise
   (Scream for example)
   If the system reach a
   number of decibels
   A new post will be published
   through the REST API
   

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   Quick overview of the REST-API
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   Characteristics of the WordPress REST API:
   1) It’s possible manipulate posts, custom-posts, pages, categories,
   tags, comments, taxonomies, media, users and settings;
   2) Uses the HTTP methods to transmit data, like POST, GET, PUT,
   DELETE;
   3) Don’t need extra knowledge of PHP.
   

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    Using the REST-API
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    Endpoints to manipulate posts:
    Create: POST /wp/v2/posts
    Update: POST /wp/v2/posts/
    Delete: DELETE /wp/v2/posts/
    List: GET /wp/v2/posts
    Restore: GET /wp/v2/posts/
    https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/
    

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    https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/posts/
    In this project we used two Endpoints
    To create the post in WordPress:
    Create: POST /wp/v2/posts
    To upload the media file:
    Create: POST /wp/v2/media
    

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    Some applications of the REST-API
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    1) Build websites or webapps using React.js, Angular.js, Vue.js, etc;
    2) Build mobile apps using Java (Android), Swift (iOS), etc;
    3) Integrate with any device that supports REST APIs;
    

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    Decibel-meter Package
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    1) Connects in audio devices;
    2) Process and capture the decibels;
    

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    References and Libs
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    1) Project in Github
    - https://github.com/donini/scream-and-post
    3) WP REST API
    - https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/
    4) Decibel-meter npm package
    - https://www.npmjs.com/package/decibel-meter
    5) Express npm package
    - http://expressjs.com/
    6) Gifshot
    - https://github.com/yahoo/gifshot
    

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    Live code
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    Live preview
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    http://rest.donini.me/
    

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