def test_post_lifecycle(self):
# create a post object
post = WordPressPost()
post.title = 'Test post'
post.slug = 'test-post'
post.description = 'This is test post using the XML-RPC API.'
post.allow_comments = True
post.user = self.userid
# create the post as a draft
post_id = self.client.call(posts.NewPost(post, False))
self.assertTrue(post_id)
# fetch the newly-created post
post2 = self.client.call(posts.GetPost(post_id))
self.assertTrue(isinstance(post2, WordPressPost))
self.assertEqual(str(post2.id), post_id)
# publish the post
response = self.client.call(posts.PublishPost(post_id))
self.assertEqual(str(response), post_id)
# update the post
post2.description += '<br><b>Updated:</b> This post has been updated.'
response = self.client.call(posts.EditPost(post_id, post2, True))
self.assertTrue(response)
# delete the post
response = self.client.call(posts.DeletePost(post_id))
self.assertTrue(response)
