wookiecooking · September 2, 2015 18:19 · Sep 2, 2015
diff --git a/gistfile1.txt b/gistfile1.txt
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+router.post('/login', function(req, res) {
+  var client = xmlrpc.createClient({ host: 'https://wordpress.url/xmlrpc.php', port: 80, path: '/'})
+    client.methodCall('external.login', [req.body.username, req.body.password], function (error, value) {
+      if(value) {
+        req.session.user_id = value;
+        res.send('success');
+      } else {
+        res.send('Error connecting to server');
+      }
+    })
+});
diff --git a/gistfile2.txt b/gistfile2.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+
+// LOGIN VIA NODE
+add_filter('xmlrpc_methods', 'api_login_method' );
+
+function api_login_method( $methods )
+{
+    $methods['external.login'] = 'external_check_login';
+    return $methods;
+}
+
+function external_check_login( $args )
+{
+    $username = $args[0];
+    $password = $args[1];
+
+    $user = wp_authenticate( $username, $password );
+
+    if( is_wp_error( $user ) )
+    {
+        return false;
+    }
+    return $user->id;
+}