Step 1: Set Up Your Blog Botz Account

Visit Blog Botz and log in to your account. Set up your blog schedules, preferences, and ensure your blogs are ready for auto-publishing.

Step 2: Generate Webhook URL in Blog Botz

In your Blog Botz dashboard, navigate to Settings and select API & Webhook Integration. Generate a Webhook URL, and copy it for use in your CakePHP site configuration.

Step 3: Set Up Webhooks in CakePHP

Create a new controller in CakePHP to handle the incoming data from Blog Botz.

Create the Controller:

src/Controller/BlogBotzController.php

Insert the following code in BlogBotzController.php:

namespace App\Controller;

use Cake\Controller\Controller;
use Cake\Http\Exception\BadRequestException;

class BlogBotzController extends AppController {
    public function webhook() {
        $this->autoRender = false; // No need for a view
        
        if ($this->request->is('post')) {
            $data = $this->request->getData();
            
            // Validate and process the incoming request
            if (!empty($data)) {
                $this->loadModel('Blogs');
                $blog = $this->Blogs->newEntity($data);
                if ($this->Blogs->save($blog)) {
                    return $this->response->withStatus(200);
                } else {
                    throw new BadRequestException('Unable to save blog data.');
                }
            }
        }
        throw new BadRequestException('Invalid request.');
    }
}
            

Step 4: Update Routes

Add the following route to config/routes.php to connect the webhook URL:

$routes->connect('/blog-botz/webhook', ['controller' => 'BlogBotz', 'action' => 'webhook']);

Step 5: Verify Webhook Reception

After setting up the controller and route, test the webhook reception by adding the webhook URL to Blog Botz:

https://your-cakephp-site.com/blog-botz/webhook

Step 6: Automate Blog Creation

Ensure your CakePHP application can receive and process the blog data sent from Blog Botz. Customize the webhook() method to fit your application’s requirements, such as adding categories, tags, or scheduling posts.