title: How to upload images using wordpress REST api in python?
body: <p>I think I've got this 90% working, but it ends up 'uploading' a blank transparent image. I get a 201 response after the upload. I think that's probably a proxy for when WP finds a missing image. I'm unsure if i'm passing the image incorrectly (ie it doesn't leave my computer) or if I'm not tagging it properly to WP's liking.</p>
  
  <pre><code>from base64 import b64encode
  import json
  import requests
  
  def imgUploadREST(imgPath):
      url = 'https://www.XXXXXXXXXX.com/wp-json/wp/v2/media'
      auth = b64encode('{}:{}'.format('USERNAME','PASS'))
      payload = {
          'type': 'image/jpeg',  # mimetype
          'title': 'title',
          "Content":"content",
          "excerpt":"Excerpt",
      }
      headers = {
          'post_content':'post_content',
          'Content':'content',
          'Content-Disposition' : 'attachment; filename=image_20170510.jpg',
          'Authorization': 'Basic {}'.format(auth),
      }
      with open(imgPath, "rb") as image_file:
          files = {'field_name': image_file}
          r = requests.post(url, files=files, headers=headers, data=payload) 
          print r
          response = json.loads(r.content)
          print response
      return response
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I've seen a fair number of answers in php or node.js, but I'm having trouble understanding the syntax in python. Thank you for any help!</p>