test json tut

function sjf_test_tut() {

    $post = wp_get_recent_posts( array( 'numberposts' => 1, ), OBJECT );

    $post = $post[0];

    if ( is_object( $post ) ) {

        $remote_url = trailingslashit( get_bloginfo( 'url' ) ). 'wp-json';

        $headers    = array (
            'Authorization' => 'Basic ' . base64_encode( 'scottlocal' . ':' . 'password' ),
        );

        $response = wp_remote_post( $remote_url, array (
                'method'      => 'POST',
                'timeout'     => 45,
                'redirection' => 5,
                'httpversion' => '1.0',
                'blocking'    => true,
                'headers'     => $headers,
                'body'        => json_encode( $post ),
                'cookies'     => array ()
            )
        );

        if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
            $error_message = $response->get_error_message();
            echo sprintf(  '<p class="error">Something went wrong: %1s</p>', $error_message );
        }
        else {
            echo 'Response:<pre>';
            print_r( $response );
            echo '</pre>';
        }
    } else {

        $error_message = 'The input data was invalid.';
        echo sprintf(  '<p class="error">Something went wrong: %1s</p>', $error_message );
    }
}