Create Blog Post

Create a new blog post.

HTTP Request

POST/api/blog/posts

Authorization

Authorization

• Required: Yes
• Permission: Staff or Admin
• Authentication: Token-based (Authorization: Token <your_api_key>)

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
title	String	Yes	Title of the blog post.
slug	String	Yes	Slug for the blog post (required and should be unique).
excerpt	String	Yes	Short summary or excerpt of the blog post.
body	String	Yes	Full content of the blog post.
author	Integer	No	ID of the author of the blog post.
featured_image	Integer	No	ID of the featured image for the blog post.

Example Requests

🐍 Python

1import requests
2response = requests.post('http://www.example.com/api/blog/posts', json={
3  'title': 'My First Blog Post',
4  'slug': 'my-first-blog-post',
5  'excerpt': 'This is a short summary of my first blog post.',
6  'body': 'This is the full content of my first blog post.',
7  'author': 1,
8  'featured_image': 123
9})
10print(response.json())

🌐 Curl

1curl -X POST "http://www.example.com/api/blog/posts" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2  "title": "My First Blog Post",
3  "slug": "my-first-blog-post",
4  "excerpt": "This is a short summary of my first blog post.",
5  "body": "This is the full content of my first blog post.",
6  "author": 1,
7  "featured_image": 123
8}

Status Codes

Code	Description
201	Product created successfully
400	Bad request — invalid input
401	Unauthorized — authentication required
403	Forbidden — insufficient permissions
500	Internal server error

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the blog post
title	String	Title of the blog post
slug	String	Slug for the blog post
views	Integer	Number of views the blog post has received
human_readable_views	String	Human-readable format of the views (e.g., 1.2K)
excerpt	String	Short summary or excerpt of the blog post
truncated_excerpt	String	Truncated version of the excerpt (e.g., first 100 characters)
author_data	Object	Author details including `id`, `username`, and `full_name`
featured_image_data	Object	Featured image data including `id`, `type`, `name`, `size`, `human_readable_size`, `f`, `width`, `height`, and `mode`
body	String	Full content of the blog post
truncated_body	String	Truncated version of the body (e.g., first 200 characters)
created_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the blog post was created
updated_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the blog post was last updated

Author Data Structure

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the author
username	String	Username of the author
full_name	String	Full name of the author (first and last name combined)

Featured Image Data Structure

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the featured image
type	String	File type (e.g., image/jpeg)
name	String	Original file name
size	Integer	File size in bytes
human_readable_size	String	Human readable file size (e.g., 2.5 MB)
f	String	URL to access the image file
width	Integer	Image width in pixels
height	Integer	Image height in pixels
mode	String	Color mode (e.g., RGB, CMYK)

• Set True value to is_published field to publish the blog post immediately after creation. By default, it is set to False, meaning the blog post will be created as a draft (for showing in shop).