Wordpress REST API create new post with image/media attachment (upload) using python

wordpress_rest_api_new_post.py

import requests
import json
import base64
import os
import mimetypes

#### defs ####
user = os.environ.get("WORDPRESS_API_USER", "")
pythonapp = os.environ.get("WORDPRESS_API_KEY", "")
url = os.environ.get("WORDPRESS_API_ENDPOINT", "")
data_string = user + ':' + pythonapp
token = base64.b64encode(data_string.encode())

### Upload wordpress media, return id or None
def uploadMedia(media_path):
    try:
        headers = {'Authorization': 'Basic ' + token.decode('utf-8'), "Content-Type": mimetypes.guess_type(media_path)[0], 'Content-Disposition': 'attachment; filename=%s' % os.path.basename(media_path)}
        res = requests.post(url + '/media', headers=headers, data=open(media_path, 'rb').read())
        newDict = res.json()
        newID = newDict.get('id')
        print ('created new media %s' % newID)
        return newID
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        return None

### Create wordpress post, return link or None
def createPost(post):
    try:
        headers = {'Authorization': 'Basic ' + token.decode('utf-8')}
        r = requests.post(url + '/posts',headers=headers, json=post)
        return json.loads(r.content.decode('utf-8'))['link']
    except Exception as e:
        print(e)
        return None










### TEST -> create featured image on wordpress and post

media = uploadMedia('../static/images/logo.png')

print createPost({'date': '2020-05-19T20:00:35',
		'title': 'First REST API post',
		'slug': 'rest-api-1',
		'status': 'publish',
		'content': 'this is the content post',
		'author': '1',
		'excerpt': 'Exceptional post!',
		'format': 'standard',
        'featured_media': media })