scopus/test-wp.py

# Test access to Wordpress
#

# Comment: Quite a usefull API to attach external scripts!!!
#

from wordpress_xmlrpc import Client
from wordpress_xmlrpc import WordPressPost, WordPressComment
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.posts import GetPosts, NewPost, EditPost
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.comments import NewComment, EditComment
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.users import GetUserInfo
from wordpress_xmlrpc.methods.taxonomies import GetTerms

from config import *

def wordpress_get_category(slug):
     # Load taxonomy and search for the slug
     catlist = wp.call(GetTerms('category'))

     for cat in catlist:
         if cat.slug == slug:
             return cat



# Use Wordpress account - not the mysql credentials
# Todo: use scopus later !!!
wp = Client(wp_api_url,wp_user,wp_password)
#print wp.call(GetPosts())

#print wp.call(GetUserInfo())

# Test access to categories
categories = []
cat = wordpress_get_category("sensors")

if cat: 
    print "Found ", cat.name
    categories.append(cat)


# Todo: Set the date of the post according to the scopus date

post = WordPressPost()
post.title = 'My post 7' # put title of the publication here
post.slug = 'DOIxxxxx7' # set the name of the post different to the title
post.content = 'This is a more complete example post about XML-RPC (but still not comlete enough)'
#post.id = wp.call(NewPost(post)) # Creates a new post and returns the id!

post.terms = categories

post.terms_names = {
    #'post_tag': ['test', 'firstpost'], # what's that? I don't use it currently
    'category': ['Publications', 'asics'] # defined in WP + python script
}

# whoops, I forgot to publish it!
post.post_status = 'publish' # alternative is draft here !
post.comment_status = 'open' # allow comments - may be only for scopus
post.id = wp.call(NewPost(post)) # Creates a new post and returns the id!

#wp.call(EditPost(post.id, post))# Update the before created post

print "Created Wordpress post ", post.id

# Todo:
# Save the id in the publication table, together with the with the scopus id
# and bibtext file
# Create a table with the defined authors and their publications?! (later)


# Todo
# - try to add a comment to a post !!!
# - how to identify that a post has been deleted, because the publication
# does not fit to the scope of the site? E.g. the Auger publications?
# or my biotech items???
#

#comment = WordPressComment()
#comment.content = 'Hi, thats cool - we can also add our comments automatically'

#comment.id = wp.call(NewComment(post.id, comment))