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Continue execution after WP REST API response

apiFetch security

This all works perfectly, but it seems too easy. Should I be passing a nonce along somewhere? No It seems like apiFetch has some middlewares that include a nonce – is this all done for us by default? Yes. If your endpoint requires a nonce and apiFetch did not provide it, then apiFetch would not … Read more

How to properly add custom entities in Gutenberg

I stumbled upon this question long after it was asked – but for the sake of all readers in search on how to use this indeed poorly documented function, here is my answer: Do not use addEntities in the filter. It is not the same logic as in PHP backend. Putting it into BlockEdit filter … Read more

WordPress blog posts api – get posts by author

Formating content rendered from wordpress REST API as JSON and not HTML

Testing custom API endpoint with class dependency

Is there a hook to process a backbone restful PUT request inside wordpress?

The dynamic wp_ajax_ hooks serve mostly organizational convenience on PHP side. You could choose not to use it, then you would probably have to: hook into admin_init check that DOING_AJAX is true check that request ($_REQUEST[‘action’] and rest of it) is your special kind of request Then either process your request and die() or let … Read more

Build on same WordPress or different install?

I’ve decided that I will do this new function as a custom post type in the same installation as the college website. I will find another project to learn and use WP Rest API. It’s an overkill to use WP Rest API on this project. I also realize that Our Team content is really part … Read more

What method to use to call a REST API?

In general it is always better to get the information straight from the source…. but you have to think about security. Using the REST API client from a different domain will require disable CORS protections for that domain. The amount of risk related to that depends upon how tied are the domains (do they have … Read more

Rest API Custom Endpoint with space character

You can do this like this: function get_custom_search_callback($request) { //$parameters = $request->get_params(); $response = urldecode($request->get_param(‘search’)); return rest_ensure_response($response); } add_action(‘rest_api_init’, ‘add_custom_users_api’); function add_custom_users_api(){ register_rest_route(‘namespace/v1’, ‘custom-search/(?P<search>([a-zA-Z]|%20)+)’, array( ‘methods’ => ‘GET’, ‘callback’ => ‘get_custom_search_callback’ ) ); } Note two things: you have to add %20 to the matched character set you have to urldecode() the search variable value … Read more

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