save hook

add_action( 'save_post', 'save_default_post_hook', 10, 3);
function save_default_post_hook( $ID, $post, $update) {

	// don't process our custom post types
	if($post->post_type == "featurehighlight") {
		return;
	}

	if ( 'auto-draft' === $post->post_status ) return;
	if ( 'draft' === $post->post_status ) return;
	if ( 'revision' === $post->post_type ) return;
	if ( 'trash' === $post->post_type ) return;
	if ( 'acf-field' === $post->post_type ) return;
	if ( 'acf-field-group' === $post->post_type ) return;

	$post_id = $ID;
	$slug = get_page_uri($post_id);
	$myObj = new stdClass();
	$myObj->id = $post_id;
	$myObj->slug = $slug;
	$myObj->createdDate  = new DateTime( $post->post_date_gmt );
	$myObj->modifiedDate = new DateTime( $post->post_modified_gmt );
	$myObj->title = $post->post_title;
	$myObj->postType = $post->post_type;
	$myObj->postStatus = $post->post_status;
	$myObj->firstName = get_the_author_meta("first_name", $post->post_author);  //https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_the_author_meta/
	$myObj->lastName = get_the_author_meta("last_name", $post->post_author);  
	$myObj->displayName = get_the_author_meta("display_name", $post->post_author); 

	$content = $post->post_content;
	$content = apply_filters('the_content', $content);
	$content = str_replace(']]>', ']]>', $content);
	$myObj->content = $content;
	$myObj->excerpt =  $post->post_excerpt;
	$myObj->permalink = $post->post_permalink;

	//$myObj->featuredImage->mediaDetails->sizes = $post->featuredImage->mediaDetails->sizes;
	$myObj->featuredImage = [];

	// way 3 to get the category list (only category names)
	foreach(get_the_category($ID) as $category) {
		$category_names[] = $category->cat_name;
	}

	$myObj->categories = (object) $category_names; 

		foreach(get_the_tags($ID) as $tag) {
			$tag_names[] = $tag->name;
		}
	
		$myObj->tags = (object) $tag_names; //implode(',', $tag_names);
	
		
		//Hero or Feature aligned 1:1
		$myObj->pageLayout = get_field('page_layout');

		$myObj->blogFeedBadgeText = get_field('featured_badge');
		$myObj->blogFeedImageAltText = get_field('image_alt_text');
		$myObj->blogFeed_vp1_517x291 = get_field('article_feed_vp1_517x291');
	
	
    //How do I guest guest author?

	$is_new = $post->post_date === $post->post_modified;
	$payload = [
		'IsUpdate' => !$is_new,
		'PostType' => $myObj->postType,
		'Slug'   =>  $myObj->slug, //We use slug here and not Uri
		'Payload'   => json_encode($myObj)
	];
	

	if(!$isProd) {
		postToService($payload, $post->post_status);
	}
}