I'm struggling to find up to date information or working example to enable a python client to make a simple test post. I've tried creating an Application in the profile section of the user dashboard and using these credentials, as also creating a user. I'm using basic auth and I'm getting a 200 error, but there is never is actual posting taking place. url = 'http://demo.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts' #from Application creation in WP username = 'remotely' password = 'XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX' #User creds username = 'auser' password = 'password' basic = HTTPBasicAuth(username, password) basic_pair = username+":"+password # The post data data = { 'title': 'My New Post', 'content': 'This is the content of my new post.', 'status': 'draft' # Use 'draft' to save the post as a draft } # Send the HTTP request headers = {"Accept": "application/json", "Content-Type": "application/json"} payload = json.dumps({ "status":"draft", "title": "title_translation_text", "content": "content_translation_text" }) response = requests.request( "POST", url, data=payload, headers=headers, auth=basic ) print(response.status_code) print(response.text) I get a 200 status code