Script to post a discord message to WordPress when a heart emoji is used

proof-of-concept.py

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import requests
import json

# Create a bot instance with a command prefix
bot = commands.Bot(command_prefix='!')

# WordPress credentials
WORDPRESS_URL = 'https://yourwordpresssite.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts'
USERNAME = 'your_username'
APPLICATION_PASSWORD = 'your_application_password'  # Use Application Passwords or JWT token

def post_to_wordpress(title, content):
    """Posts content to WordPress and returns the response."""
    post_data = {
        'title': title,
        'content': content,
        'status': 'publish'  # Change to 'draft' if you want to save it as a draft
    }

    # Make the POST request to the WordPress REST API
    response = requests.post(
        WORDPRESS_URL,
        auth=(USERNAME, APPLICATION_PASSWORD),
        headers={'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
        data=json.dumps(post_data)
    )

    return response

# Event: When the bot is ready
@bot.event
async def on_ready():
    print(f'Logged in as {bot.user.name} (ID: {bot.user.id})')
    print('------')

# Command: Post a story to WordPress
@bot.command()
async def post_story(ctx, *, story_content):
    response = post_to_wordpress('New Story from Discord', story_content)

    # Check the response
    if response.status_code == 201:
        await ctx.send('Story posted successfully! React with ❤️ to post this story to WordPress.')
    else:
        await ctx.send(f'Failed to post story: {response.status_code} - {response.text}')

# Event: When a reaction is added
@bot.event
async def on_reaction_add(reaction, user):
    # Check if the reaction is a heart emoji and the user is not the bot
    if reaction.emoji == '❤️' and user != bot.user:
        # Get the message content
        message_content = reaction.message.content
        
        # Post the message content to WordPress
        response = post_to_wordpress('New Story from Discord', message_content)

        # Check the response
        if response.status_code == 201:
            await reaction.message.channel.send('Story posted to WordPress successfully!')
        else:
            await reaction.message.channel.send(f'Failed to post story: {response.status_code} - {response.text}')

# Run the bot with the token
bot.run('YOUR_BOT_TOKEN')