1// Blog seed — a BUILD-TIME script, never shipped in the app. Run from the project root
2// (where wix.config.json lives) with a plan file:
3//
4//   node <SKILL_ROOT>/templates/blog/seed/seed-blog.mjs plan.json
5//
6// It mints its own site token via the Wix CLI, installs the Wix Blog app if needed, resolves
7// a real author memberId (every post create requires one), creates categories/tags (idempotent
8// by label, with a fresh-install verify-retry), bulk-creates PUBLISHED posts with Ricos
9// richContent, and imports+attaches cover images (PATCH + re-publish). Prints a JSON result
10// to stdout.
11//
12// Plan shape (see SEED.md):
13//   { "categories"?: [name], "tags"?: [name],
14//     "posts": [{ "title", "content": [blocks] | "richContent"?, "category"?|"categories"?,

seed-blog.mjs on GitHub

// "tags"?, "coverImageMediaId"? | "coverImageUrl"? | "coverImagePrompt"? }] }

// content blocks: { type:"heading", text, level? } | { type:"paragraph", text }

// | { type:"quote", text } | { type:"bulleted"|"ordered", items:[text,…] }

//

// Seeding is ADDITIVE — never deletes or overwrites existing content. Unexpected shapes →

// read the live API reference; every call below

// carries a docs: line with its reference page.

import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";

import { resolveItemImages } from "../../shared/seed/images.mjs";

import { seedSiteId } from "../../shared/seed/site-context.mjs";

import { wixToken } from "../../shared/seed/wix-cli.mjs";

import { isMain } from "../../shared/seed/main.mjs";

const API = "https://www.wixapis.com";

const BLOG_APP_ID = "14bcded7-0066-7c35-14d7-466cb3f09103";

export function makeCtx({ cwd = process.cwd() } = {}) {

// The content site: the config's site, or the parent on a migration preview (site-context.mjs stops

// a seed there unless --allow-parent is passed after the user confirmed).

const siteId = seedSiteId({ cwd, argv: process.argv });

const token = wixToken(siteId, cwd);

return { token, siteId };

}

async function req(ctx, path, { method = "POST", body } = {}) {

const res = await fetch(API + path, {

method,

headers: {

Authorization: `Bearer ${ctx.token}`,

"wix-site-id": ctx.siteId,

"Content-Type": "application/json",

},

body: body ? JSON.stringify(body) : undefined,

});

const json = await res.json().catch(() => ({}));

if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${method} ${path} -> ${res.status}: ${JSON.stringify(json).slice(0, 400)}`);

return json;

}

const sleep = (ms) => new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, ms));

// ---- Ricos richContent builder (setup-blog.md § "CRITICAL RICOS NESTING") --------------------

// Rules baked in: TEXT is always a leaf inside a container; BLOCKQUOTE / LIST_ITEM wrap a

// PARAGRAPH; BULLETED_LIST / ORDERED_LIST wrap LIST_ITEM -> PARAGRAPH -> TEXT; every container

// node gets a unique id, TEXT leaves use id "". For node types not covered here (code, images)

// pass a pre-built `richContent` on the post instead — it's used verbatim.

const mkText = (text) => ({ type: "TEXT", id: "", nodes: [], textData: { text: text || "", decorations: [] } });

const mkParagraph = (id, text) => ({ type: "PARAGRAPH", id, nodes: [mkText(text)], paragraphData: {} });

function mkRichContent(blocks = [], postIdx = 0) {

let n = 0;

const id = () => `p${postIdx}-n${n++}`;

const nodes = [];

for (const b of blocks) {

switch (b.type) {

case "heading":

nodes.push({ type: "HEADING", id: id(), nodes: [mkText(b.text)], headingData: { level: b.level ?? 2 } });

break;

case "quote":

nodes.push({ type: "BLOCKQUOTE", id: id(), nodes: [mkParagraph(id(), b.text)], blockquoteData: { indentation: 1 } });

break;

case "bulleted":

case "ordered": {

const listType = b.type === "bulleted" ? "BULLETED_LIST" : "ORDERED_LIST";

nodes.push({

type: listType, id: id(),

nodes: (b.items ?? []).map((item) => ({ type: "LIST_ITEM", id: id(), nodes: [mkParagraph(id(), item)] })),

});

break;

}

case "paragraph":

default:

nodes.push(mkParagraph(id(), b.text));

}

return { nodes };

}

// One post's plain data -> a flat Blog V3 draft-post object. media is omitted — covers are a

// separate pass (attachPostCovers), per the recipe.

function buildPost(p, i, memberId) {

return {

title: p.title,

memberId,

richContent: p.richContent ?? mkRichContent(p.content, i),

...(p.categoryIds ? { categoryIds: p.categoryIds } : {}),

...(p.tagIds ? { tagIds: p.tagIds } : {}),

};

}

// ---- operations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/articles/work-with-wix-apis/platform/about-apps-created-by-wix.md

export async function installBlogApp(ctx) {

try {

await req(ctx, "/apps-installer-service/v1/app-instance/install", { body: {

tenant: { tenantType: "SITE", id: ctx.siteId },

appInstance: { appDefId: BLOG_APP_ID, enabled: true },

} });

} catch {

/* already installed is fine */

}

// Every post create needs a REAL author memberId — a fabricated id fails with

// "memberIds ... do not exist". A provisioned site has the owner as members[0].

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/crm/members-contacts/members/member-management/members/list-members.md

export async function getAuthorMemberId(ctx) {

const r = await req(ctx, "/members/v1/members?fieldsets=PUBLIC&paging.limit=1", { method: "GET" });

const id = r.members?.[0]?.id;

if (!id) throw new Error(`No site member found for author attribution: ${JSON.stringify(r).slice(0, 400)}`);

return id;

}

/**

* Create posts, PUBLISHED (publish:true — unpublished posts never reach visitors).

* Endpoint auto-selected per the recipe: single-post endpoint for exactly one (nested

* `{ draftPost }` envelope), bulk for >= 2 — `bulk` sits BETWEEN v3 and draft-posts, and each

* bulk item is FLAT (wrapping it in `draftPost` 400s). Returns [{ id, index, success }].

* docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/draft-posts/create-draft-post.md

* docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/draft-posts/bulk-create-draft-posts.md

*/

export async function createPosts(ctx, posts, { memberId, publish = true } = {}) {

if (!memberId) throw new Error("createPosts requires opts.memberId (see getAuthorMemberId)");

if (posts.length === 1) {

const r = await req(ctx, "/blog/v3/draft-posts", { body: { draftPost: buildPost(posts[0], 0, memberId), publish } });

return [{ id: r.draftPost?.id, index: 0, success: !!r.draftPost?.id }];

}

const r = await req(ctx, "/blog/v3/bulk/draft-posts/create", {

body: { draftPosts: posts.map((p, i) => buildPost(p, i, memberId)), publish },

});

// Bulk returns 200 even on partial failure — read per-item results[].itemMetadata.success.

return (r.results ?? []).map((x) => ({

id: x.itemMetadata?.id, index: x.itemMetadata?.originalIndex, success: !!x.itemMetadata?.success,

}));

}

// Existing label -> id, straight from the query (the source of truth for what persisted).

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/category/query-categories.md

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/tags/query-tags.md

// Both live under /blog/v3/ on the public gateway (the SDK's host mapping also accepts the bare

// /v3/tags alias the earlier seeds called — one path for one endpoint here, the same one rest/ uses).

async function labelIdMap(ctx, kind) {

const path = kind === "categories" ? "/blog/v3/categories/query" : "/blog/v3/tags/query";

const r = await req(ctx, path, { body: { query: { paging: { limit: 100 } } } });

return new Map((r[kind] ?? []).map((x) => [x.label, x.id]));

}

// Create category/tag labels resiliently. TWO hazards this absorbs:

// 1. Fresh-install provisioning window — for a few seconds after the Blog app installs,

// per-item category/tag creates return 200 with an id but DON'T persist (the id is a lie).

// So the create response is never trusted — re-query, treat the query as truth, re-create

// what's still missing until it sticks.

// 2. Idempotency — an already-present label (a partial-failure re-run) is skipped.

// Category bodies are NESTED (`{ category: { label } }`); tag bodies are FLAT (`{ label }`) —

// a `{ tag: { label } }` body sends an empty top-level label and 400s. Returns [{ id, name }].

async function ensureLabels(ctx, kind, createPath, mkBody, names) {

let map = await labelIdMap(ctx, kind);

for (let attempt = 0; attempt < 8; attempt++) {

const missing = names.filter((n) => !map.has(n));

if (!missing.length) break;

if (attempt) await sleep(1500); // backoff only between retries — happy path pays nothing

for (const name of missing) {

try { await req(ctx, createPath, { body: mkBody(name) }); }

catch (e) { if (!String(e.message).includes("-> 409")) throw e; } // 409 = raced, already there

}

map = await labelIdMap(ctx, kind);

}

return names.map((name) => ({ id: map.get(name), name }));

}

/** Create categories idempotently by label (no bulk endpoint). Feed ids into post.categoryIds. */

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/category/create-category.md

export async function createCategories(ctx, names) {

return ensureLabels(ctx, "categories", "/blog/v3/categories", (name) => ({ category: { label: name } }), names);

}

/** Create tags idempotently by label. Feed ids into post.tagIds. */

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/tags/create-tag.md

export async function createTags(ctx, names) {

return ensureLabels(ctx, "tags", "/blog/v3/tags", (name) => ({ label: name }), names);

}

// Blog binds a post cover by Wix Media file ID — an external url must be imported first; a

// plan `coverImagePrompt` is generated (Wix AI, 1 credit) then imported. Both live in the

// shared util (parallel, resilient, never blocks the seed).

export { importImage } from "../../shared/seed/images.mjs";

// covers: [{ postId, fileId }] where fileId is the Wix Media file.id from importImage. Per

// post: PATCH /blog/v3/draft-posts/{id} (NOT POST …/{id}/update — that 404s), setting

// media.displayed:true + media.custom:true + wixMedia.image.id (the id ALONE is a silent

// no-op), then RE-PUBLISH — the PATCH sets hasUnpublishedChanges, so the live post stays

// cover-less until republished. Image failures never block the run.

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/draft-posts/update-draft-post.md

// docs: https://dev.wix.com/docs/api-reference/business-solutions/blog/draft-posts/publish-draft-post.md

export async function attachPostCovers(ctx, covers) {

let attached = 0;

for (const { postId, fileId } of covers) {

try {

await req(ctx, `/blog/v3/draft-posts/${postId}`, {

method: "PATCH",

body: { draftPost: { media: { displayed: true, custom: true, wixMedia: { image: { id: fileId } } } } },

});

await req(ctx, `/blog/v3/draft-posts/${postId}/publish`, { method: "POST" });

attached++;

} catch (e) {

console.error(`cover attach skipped for post ${postId}: ${e.message}`);

}

return attached;

}

/**

* ONE-CALL seed: install → author memberId → categories/tags (names resolved to ids) →

* published posts → covers, ids threaded in memory. The default path.

*/

export async function setupBlog(ctx, { posts = [], categories = [], tags = [] } = {}) {

await installBlogApp(ctx);

await sleep(3000); // let a fresh Blog install settle so the first category/tag writes stick

// (correctness is still guaranteed by ensureLabels' verify-retry).

const memberId = await getAuthorMemberId(ctx);

const catNames = [...new Set([...categories, ...posts.flatMap((p) => [].concat(p.category ?? [], p.categories ?? []))])];

const tagNames = [...new Set([...tags, ...posts.flatMap((p) => [].concat(p.tags ?? []))])];

const cats = catNames.length ? await createCategories(ctx, catNames) : [];

const tgs = tagNames.length ? await createTags(ctx, tagNames) : [];

const catId = new Map(cats.map((c) => [c.name, c.id]));

const tagId = new Map(tgs.map((t) => [t.name, t.id]));

const created = await createPosts(ctx, posts.map((p) => {

const cn = [].concat(p.category ?? [], p.categories ?? []);

const tn = [].concat(p.tags ?? []);

return {

...p,

...(cn.length ? { categoryIds: cn.map((n) => catId.get(n)).filter(Boolean) } : {}),

...(tn.length ? { tagIds: tn.map((n) => tagId.get(n)).filter(Boolean) } : {}),

};

}), { memberId });

// Pass 2 — covers: resolve (import by url / generate by prompt) in one parallel wave, then

// attach (PATCH + re-publish per post). Failures leave the post text-only; the seed's exit

// never depends on images.

const files = await resolveItemImages(ctx, created.map((c, i) => (

c?.id && c?.success

? { mediaId: posts[i]?.coverImageMediaId, path: posts[i]?.coverImagePath, url: posts[i]?.coverImageUrl, prompt: posts[i]?.coverImagePrompt, displayName: `post-${i}.png` }

: null

)));

const covers = created

.map((c, i) => (files[i] ? { postId: c.id, fileId: files[i].id } : null))

.filter(Boolean);

const coversAttached = covers.length ? await attachPostCovers(ctx, covers) : 0;

// Pass 3 — a fresh Blog install can wipe categories (and tags) created in its first minute AFTER

// the query has confirmed them (run 151: three categories confirmed by the seed, gone by release,

// the posts left pointing at dead ids). So they are read back BY ID here, at the end; a missing one

// is created again and every post that named it is re-linked (PATCH the draft, publish).

const relinked = await ensureLabelsPersisted(ctx, { cats, tgs, created, posts, catId, tagId });

return { posts: created, categories: relinked.categories, tags: relinked.tags, coversAttached, relinkedPosts: relinked.posts };

}

// GET /blog/v3/categories/{id} · GET /blog/v3/tags/{id} — 404 when the fresh-install wipe took it.

async function labelExists(ctx, kind, id) {

try {

await req(ctx, `/blog/v3/${kind}/${id}`, { method: "GET" });

return true;

} catch (e) {

if (String(e.message).includes("-> 404")) return false;

throw e;

}

async function ensureLabelsPersisted(ctx, { cats, tgs, created, posts, catId, tagId }) {

const remapCat = new Map();

const remapTag = new Map();

const missingCats = [];

const missingTags = [];

for (const c of cats) if (c.id && !(await labelExists(ctx, "categories", c.id))) missingCats.push(c);

for (const t of tgs) if (t.id && !(await labelExists(ctx, "tags", t.id))) missingTags.push(t);

if (!missingCats.length && !missingTags.length) return { categories: cats, tags: tgs, posts: 0 };

const freshCats = missingCats.length ? await createCategories(ctx, missingCats.map((c) => c.name)) : [];

const freshTags = missingTags.length ? await createTags(ctx, missingTags.map((t) => t.name)) : [];

for (const [i, c] of missingCats.entries()) if (freshCats[i]?.id) { remapCat.set(c.id, freshCats[i].id); catId.set(c.name, freshCats[i].id); }

for (const [i, t] of missingTags.entries()) if (freshTags[i]?.id) { remapTag.set(t.id, freshTags[i].id); tagId.set(t.name, freshTags[i].id); }

let relinked = 0;

for (const [i, c] of created.entries()) {

if (!c?.id || !c?.success) continue;

const cn = [].concat(posts[i]?.category ?? [], posts[i]?.categories ?? []);

const tn = [].concat(posts[i]?.tags ?? []);

const wantsCats = cn.map((n) => catId.get(n)).filter(Boolean);

const wantsTags = tn.map((n) => tagId.get(n)).filter(Boolean);

const touched = cn.some((n) => [...remapCat.values()].includes(catId.get(n))) || tn.some((n) => [...remapTag.values()].includes(tagId.get(n)));

if (!touched) continue;

try {

await req(ctx, `/blog/v3/draft-posts/${c.id}`, { method: "PATCH", body: { draftPost: { ...(cn.length ? { categoryIds: wantsCats } : {}), ...(tn.length ? { tagIds: wantsTags } : {}) } } });

await req(ctx, `/blog/v3/draft-posts/${c.id}/publish`, { method: "POST" });

relinked++;

} catch (e) {

console.error(`relink skipped for post ${c.id}: ${e.message}`);

}

const categories = cats.map((c) => ({ ...c, id: remapCat.get(c.id) ?? c.id, recreated: remapCat.has(c.id) || undefined }));

const tags = tgs.map((t) => ({ ...t, id: remapTag.get(t.id) ?? t.id, recreated: remapTag.has(t.id) || undefined }));

return { categories, tags, posts: relinked };

}

// ---- CLI entry ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

const invokedDirectly = isMain(import.meta.url);

if (invokedDirectly) {

const planPath = process.argv[2];

if (!planPath) {

console.error("usage: node seed-blog.mjs <plan.json> (run from the project root)");

process.exit(1);

}

const plan = JSON.parse(readFileSync(planPath, "utf8"));

const ctx = makeCtx();

setupBlog(ctx, plan)

.then((result) => console.log(JSON.stringify(result, null, 2)))

.catch((e) => {

console.error(e.message);

process.exit(1);

});

}