Best way to make a JSON API from WordPress?

I dont know how to edit question, I found this: but this way I cannot specify my requests, is there any way to modify this code so that I can specify it? function check_api_data() { if(isset($_GET[‘api’]) ) { if ($_GET[‘api’] == ‘json’){ $args = array( ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘nopaging’ => true, ‘orderby’ => ‘title’, ‘order’ … Read more

Why does “if statement” has to “die()”, otherwise wont work?

Most likely it’s simply because $_GET[‘first’] is not defined when you try with ?second=case&id=204. Instead, try this CODE (assuming first & second can’t appear at the same time): if (isset($_GET[‘api’])) { if (isset($_GET[‘first’]) && $_GET[‘first’] == ‘case’ && isset($_GET[‘id’])) { // $query is the WP_Query Object $post = get_post($_GET[‘id’]); // $post contains the post object … Read more

Instructure Canvas API with WordPress [closed]

Generally speaking, you will need to create a plugin to accomplish the connection and manipulate data. It looks like Canvas uses JSON in their API. There is a good overview of handling JSON in PHP – the rest you will probably need to piece together from Canvas’s API documentation. Before you get started, make sure … Read more

How to display parent category with first level child in REST API

I am assuming you want these taxonomies data in each item of post_type JSON, but the logic is the same for taxonomies endpoint and JSON response. I see two ways of achieving it. filtering the data using rest_prepare_post_type filter (Reference) or creating new field(s) using the register_rest_field function. (Reference) I would recommend the second approach. … Read more

Posting data from Ionic app to WordPress

The only way you can do this my friend is by using the REST API. In you ionic app you will make a post request to the api. You will need to go through Oauth for authentication and so forth, but that’s what the REST api is made for.

Using the JSON API via HTTPS and HTTP

You can serve your site on both protocols http and https. This might be problem if you care about SEO (duplicate content). You can use 301 redirection to force users to be redirected from http to https. Old app will be slightly slower because of redirection but it will be working. This might be problem … Read more

Daily automatic update of stock quotes via REST API and Cronjob. Or is there a more sophisticated way?

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