WordPress API v2 image upload from media endpoint with Guzzle

WordPress API v2 image upload from media endpoint with Guzzle

/*
 * WP REST API version 2.0-beta7
 * API base url ishttp://www.example.com/wp-json
 *
 * Reference
 * https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/media/
 *
 * Description
 * an example of loading image to WordPress API using Guzzle
 * inspired by s-hiroshi's gist at https://gist.github.com/s-hiroshi/3477e07454d809b9d38f
 * but here image data is sent in POST request body instead of multipart POST request
 */
 
/*
 * Get Guzzle HTTP Client. That client has been authenticated.
*/
$client = ...

/*
 * Get binary data of image.
 * $path is file path to be uploaded.
 */
$fdata = file_get_contents($path);

// Get short filename
$filename = basename($path);

$headers = [    
    "Content-Disposition" => "form-data; filename=$filename",
    'Content-Type' => mime_content_type($path),
];

/*
 * Post media.
 * Request to WP REST API media endpoint
 */
$response = $client->request(
        'POST', 'wp-json/wp/v2/media', [
    'headers' => $headers,
    'body' => $fdata,
        ]
);