RESTAdminContentStore ContentBlog Posts

Create Blog Post

Creates a *Blog Post*. **Required Fields** * `title` * `body` **Notes** * When including `published_date` in a request, supply it as a flat date string (not an object) in valid <a href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.3" target="_blank">RFC 2822</a>. The following example request includes a `published_date` in RFC 2822 format. * Blog posts default to draft status. To publish blog posts to the storefront, set the `is_published` property to `true`. * If a custom URL is not provided, the post’s URL will be generated based on the value of `title`.

Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Content | modify | `store_v2_content` | | Content | read-only | `store_v2_content_read_only` | ### Authentication header | Header | Argument | Description | |:-------|:---------|:------------| | `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes). For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
titlestringRequired
Title of this blog post.
bodystringRequired
Text body of the blog post.
urlstringOptional
URL for the public blog post.
tagslist of stringsOptional
Tags to characterize the blog post.
is_publishedbooleanOptionalDefaults to false
Whether the blog post is published. If you want the post to be or remain published following the request, you must set the field explicitly to true, even if the blog post was already published prior to the request.
meta_descriptionstringOptional

Description text for this blog post’s <meta/> element.

meta_keywordsstringOptional

Keywords for this blog post’s <meta/> element.

authorstringOptional

Name of the blog post’s author.

thumbnail_pathstringOptional
Local path to a thumbnail uploaded to `/product_images/` using [WebDAV](https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/File-Access-WebDAV).
published_datestringOptional

Response

titlestring
Title of this blog post.
urlstring
URL for the public blog post.
preview_urlstringRead-only

URL to preview the blog post. READ-ONLY.

bodystring
Text body of the blog post.
tagslist of strings
Tags to characterize the blog post.
summarystringRead-only

Summary of the blog post. READ-ONLY.

is_publishedbooleanDefaults to false
Whether the blog post is published. If you want the post to be or remain published following the request, you must set the field explicitly to true, even if the blog post was already published prior to the request.
published_dateobject
published_date_iso8601string

Published date in ISO 8601 format.

meta_descriptionstring or null

Description text for this blog post’s <meta/> element.

meta_keywordsstring or null

Keywords for this blog post’s <meta/> element.

authorstring or null

Name of the blog post’s author.

thumbnail_pathstring or null
Local path to a thumbnail uploaded to `/product_images/` using [WebDAV](https://support.bigcommerce.com/s/article/File-Access-WebDAV).