Editorial Workflows

Post To WordPress

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This workflow contains at least one Python script. Only use it if you trust the person who shared this with you, and if you know exactly what it does.

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This is a workflow for Editorial, a Markdown and plain text editor for iOS. To download it, you need to view this page on a device that has the app installed.

Description: Publish a post to WordPress. Extract a URL at the top of the document to optionally assign it to a custom field. Launch another workflow at the end to shorten the just-published post with Bitly.

Shared by: @viticci

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imoby — 02 Mar 2015

can you please give a guide on how to set this up, such as which ones need to be modified. I keep getting an xml error when trying to run this error.

anonymous — 27 Mar 2015

After choosing between 'Linked Post' and 'Normal', I consistently get the following error message. Any advice appreciated. Thanks.

WORKFLOW ERROR
An error occurred in the action "Run Python Script": Line 15: IO Error: unsupported XML-RPC protocol

anonymous — 21 May 2015

Same error here.

anonymous — 12 Jun 2015

Yes, I get the same. I expect it's some nuance of the exact form of the URL you have to specify.

Brandon — 23 Jun 2015

Having issues as well.

anonymous — 08 Jul 2015

This might help: http://www.macstories.net/stories/editorial-for-ipad-review/#posttowordpress

anonymous — 26 Jan 2016

having the same issue and the post doesn't explain anything, it's an absolutely circular discussion that, again, ends you in this work flow.

this workflow is significantly broken as it doesn't even ask you for log-in credentials -- so how the hell can it even be publishing anything on your behalf? i now see that it's supposed to be pulling stuff out of your keychain but still the author should take a moment to help address these questions especially as the article is popping up as the only answer to the search over and over again

anonymous — 26 Jan 2016

anon — 26 Jan 2016

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Workflow Preview

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

cats

Value

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

thetags

Value

Check Title ?

Title

Double Check Title

Initial Text

File Name%cursor

Single Line
Multiple Lines

Keyboard Options:

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

postname

Value

Input

Document Text ?

Folded Text

Include
Replace with:

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

doctext

Value

Input

Convert Markdown ?

Markdown Extras: Footnotes

…Auto-Links

…Strikethrough (~~x~~)

…Superscript (^x)

…Tables

…Smart Quotes etc.

…Strip Metadata Headers

OFF

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

content

Value

Input

Normal or Linked? ?

Title

Post Type

Message

Linked or normal post?

Button 1

Linked

Output Value

linked

Button 2

Normal

Output Value

normal

Button 3

(don't show)

Output Value

Show Cancel Button

Extract Linked URL ?

Run the block if

Input

is Equal to
is Not Equal to
Contains
Doesn't Contain
Matches Regular Expression

linked

Generate Text ?

Text

doctext

Extract URLs ?

Output

Only URLs
URLs and Ranges (Separated by Tab)

Select from List ?

Title

Select Linked URL

List (Lines)

Input

Multiple Selection

OFF

Show in Popover

Select Range ?

Range (from:to)

Input

Relative to

Entire Document
Current Selection

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

linkedurl

Value

Selected Text

Select Range ?

Range (from:to)

Sel. Range: Start:Sel. Range: End + 1

Relative to

Entire Document
Current Selection

Replace Selected Text ?

Replacement Text

Document Text ?

Folded Text

Include
Replace with:

Convert Markdown ?

Markdown Extras: Footnotes

…Auto-Links

…Strikethrough (~~x~~)

…Superscript (^x)

…Tables

…Smart Quotes etc.

…Strip Metadata Headers

OFF

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

content

Value

Input

…End If

Get WordPress Categories ?

Source Code

import xmlrpclib
import workflow
import keychain
import console

categories = workflow.get_variable("cats")
 
wp_url = "Link to your xmlrpc.php file"
wp_username = 'username'
wp_password = keychain.get_password('website', 'username')
wp_blogid = ""

console.show_activity('Fetching categories...')
 
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(wp_url)
 
cat = server.wp.getTerms(wp_blogid, wp_username, wp_password, 'category')

i = 0
for x in cat:
	categories += '\n' + x['name'] + "	" + str(i)
	i = i+1
	workflow.set_variable("cats", categories)
console.hide_activity()

Generate Text ?

Text

cats

Remove Whitespace ?

Trim leading/trailing whitespace
Remove empty lines

Choose Category ?

Title

WordPress Categories

List (Lines)

Input

Multiple Selection

OFF

Show in Popover

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

catID

Value

Input

Get WordPress Tags ?

Source Code

import xmlrpclib
import workflow
import keychain
import console

tags = workflow.get_variable("thetags")
 
wp_url = "Link to your xmlrpc.php file"
wp_username = 'username'
wp_password = keychain.get_password('website', 'username')
wp_blogid = ""

console.show_activity('Fetching tags...')
 
server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(wp_url)
 
tag = server.wp.getTerms(wp_blogid, wp_username, wp_password, 'post_tag')

i = 0
for x in tag:
	tags += '\n' + x['name'] + "	" + str(i)
	workflow.set_variable("thetags", tags)
	i = i+1
console.hide_activity()

Generate Text ?

Text

thetags

Remove Whitespace ?

Trim leading/trailing whitespace
Remove empty lines

Choose Tags ?

Title

WordPress Tags

List (Lines)

Input

Multiple Selection

Show in Popover

Set Variable ?

Variable Name

tagID

Value

Input

Publish To WordPress ?

Source Code

import xmlrpclib
import workflow
import clipboard
import console
import keychain
 
wp_url = "Link to your xmlrpc.php file"
wp_username = 'username'
wp_password = keychain.get_password('website', 'username')
wp_blogid = ""
 
status_draft = 0
status_published = 1

console.show_activity('Opening connection...')

server = xmlrpclib.ServerProxy(wp_url)
 
title = workflow.get_variable('postname')
content = workflow.get_variable('content')

cat = server.wp.getTerms(wp_blogid, wp_username, wp_password, 'category')
tag = server.wp.getTerms(wp_blogid, wp_username, wp_password, 'post_tag')

cat_nb = workflow.get_variable("catID")
tags_nb = workflow.get_variable("tagID")

tagnew = tags_nb.split('\n')
 
tags = []
for x in tagnew:
	tags.append(tag[int(x)]['name'])
 
categories = [cat[int(cat_nb)]['name']]

linkcheck = workflow.get_variable('linkedurl')

if linkcheck is not None:
	data = {'title': title, 'description': content, 'post_type': 'post', 'categories': categories, 'mt_keywords': tags, 'custom_fields': [{'value': linkcheck, 'key': 'externalLink'}]}
elif linkcheck is None:
	data = {'title': title, 'description': content, 'post_type': 'post', 'categories': categories, 'mt_keywords': tags}

console.show_activity('Publishing...')
 
post_id = server.metaWeblog.newPost(wp_blogid, wp_username, wp_password, data, status_published)
 
post_infos = server.metaWeblog.getPost(post_id, wp_username, wp_password)

console.hide_activity()
 
# print post_infos['link']
# clipboard.set(post_infos['link'])

console.hud_alert('Post published', 'Success', 1.0)
workflow.set_output('Success')

If… ?

Run the block if

Input

is Equal to
is Not Equal to
Contains
Doesn't Contain
Matches Regular Expression

Success

Open URL ?

Open in

In-App Browser
Default App / Safari

URL

EDITORIAL COMMAND URL OF CHAINED WORKFLOW

Tab

Last-used Tab
New Tab
Tab with ID:

Unique identifier

Wait until Loaded

OFF

Reveal Browser Automatically

…End If