finally got the thing working

examples/draft_post.py

@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+from lunduke.config import DiscourseConfig
+from lunduke.auth import DiscourseAuth
+from lunduke.client import DiscourseClient
+
+
+def main():
+    # Set up configuration
+    config = DiscourseConfig(
+        host='forum.lunduke.com',
+        username='gmgauthier'
+    )
+
+    # Set up authentication
+    auth = DiscourseAuth(
+        api_key_file='../keys/cli_key.txt',
+        username=config.username
+    )
+
+    # Create client
+    client = DiscourseClient(config, auth)
+
+    # Create a draft post
+    try:
+
+        draft_data = {
+                "title": "Simple forum post",
+                "raw": "Simple forum post content"
+            }
+
+        # draft_data = {
+        #     "draft_key": "new_topic",
+        #     "data": {
+        #         "title": "Test Draft Topic from API",
+        #         "raw": "This is the content of my draft post created via the API.",
+        #         "category_id": 1  # Replace with your desired category ID
+        #     }
+        # }
+
+        response = client.post('/posts.json', data=draft_data)
+        print(f"Draft created successfully: {response}")
+
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error creating draft: {e}")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()

examples/example.py

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ def main():
         posts = response['latest_posts']
         print(f"Found {len(posts)} posts")
         for post in posts:
-            print(post['post_type'], post['username'], post['topic_id'])
+            # print(post)
+            print(post['username'], post['topic_title'], post['excerpt'])
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Error: {e}")
 

lunduke/client.py

@@ -39,3 +39,20 @@ class DiscourseClient:
         return response.json()
 
     # Add other HTTP methods as needed (post, put, delete)
+    def post(self, endpoint, data=None) -> dict:
+        """
+        Make a POST request to the API.
+
+        Args:
+            endpoint: API endpoint (e.g., '/posts.json')
+            data: Data to be sent in the request body
+
+        Returns:
+            Response data as JSON
+        """
+        url = f"{self.config.get_base_url()}{endpoint}"
+        headers = self.auth.get_headers()
+
+        response = self.session.post(url, headers=headers, json=data)
+        response.raise_for_status()  # Raise exception for error status codes
+        return response.json()