OK so I was gearing up to do as suggested by @Jacob above and use the offset and limit clauses on the API server. However, this really seemed like logic that should be part of the plugin that I’m making rather than the API queries. As such, I thought I’d look into whether any other … Read more
I would recommend you to separate your data from wp-data. To realize your idea, setup a new data table for time series data. Write a php script to request your data from desired source and create a cronjob. If your hoster does not provide cronjob creation, use a cronjob service. Depending on the amount of … Read more
At the risk of stepping into the unknown, I reckon that you are over-complicating things-full remote access to the WP database sounds like the most effective solution. What could you not do if you had access to the database? Having said that, you have a duty to have done your own research, and to have … Read more
pulling in external JSON search results into WordPress
Just use PHP code, for example : $price = floatval( file_get_contents( ‘http://35.204.111.14/price’ ) ); echo $price; floatval is here to sanitize and assure you to have a float number.
Use wp_remote_get() with a private or password protected page?
WP_Insert_Post creating duplicate posts when logged in
Managing and deleting transients with dynamically generated transient names
Simulating timeout is not working
Okay, I figured it out! First, I created a rest endpoint in PHP. https://github.com/bbuilds/ih-top-nurses-block/blob/main/inc/rest.php#L11 The rest point has optional parameters using regex and then in the register_rest_route() callback builds a fetch URL depending on the parameters passed to the WP-REST endpoint. It then fires to the external API wp_remote_get($fetch_url) and dumps the data into the … Read more