rest-api

Add post meta fields, when creating a post using WordPress’ REST API

I had to add this code from Stephen Mullen on StackOverflow to get it to work: add_action( “rest_insert_user_question”, function ( \WP_Post $post, $request, $creating ) { $metas = $request->get_param( “meta” ); if( is_array( $metas ) ) { foreach( $metas as $name => $value ) { // update_post_meta( $post->ID, $name, $value ); update_field( $name, $value, $post->ID … Read more

Create a new post using rest api and save featured image using an external image url

Instead of using wp_ajax_ (i.e. admin-ajax.php), how about adding a custom REST API field and then using its update_callback, download the remote image and set it as the post featured image? Working Example add_action( ‘rest_api_init’, ‘wpse_381217’ ); function wpse_381217() { register_rest_field( ‘post’, ‘featured_image_url’, array( // If you don’t want to expose the field in the … Read more

How to create a post using REST API with sending data as a JSON body?

That’s strange, but nonetheless, you should know that whether you use cURL, PHP, JS, etc., if you’re sending a JSON data, then you should set the Content-Type header to application/json. And via the cURL command line, you can use the -H option: curl –user “username:password” -X POST \ -H “Content-Type: application/json” \ -i https://example.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts \ … Read more

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