Learning WordPress REST API

Learning WordPress REST API

Credits

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

About the Reviewer

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Preface

Getting Started with REST API
Introducing REST API
Using REST API in real-world applications
Key considerations when working with REST
Getting started with REST implementation
Using REST in different programming languages
REST API in WordPress
Summary

Interacting with REST API in WordPress
Getting started
Issuing requests via Postman
HTTP API in WordPress
Fetching GET post output in JSON objects
Interacting REST API via PHP
Issuing POST requests
Summary

Working with Taxonomies and Users with REST API
Working with taxonomies in WordPress using REST API
Implementing REST API and JavaScript with taxonomies
Working with users in WordPress using REST API
Summary

Working with Forms Using REST API
Overview
Fundamentals
Setting up the plugin
Summary

Custom Routes in WordPress REST API
Overview
Adding custom routes to WordPress REST API
Setting up the custom route
Setting up the custom endpoints
Processing requests (and responses)
Summary

Creating a Simple Web App using WordPress REST API
Overview
Setting up your WordPress site
Steps to disable the default routes
More about WP REST API
The REST architecture
Going further
WP REST API – setting up and using basic authentication
JavaScript authenticated requests
WP HTTP API for authenticated requests
WP REST API - setting up and using advanced authentication
Assessing the availability of the OAuth API
WP REST API - retrieving data
WP REST API: creating and editing posts
WP REST API: internals and customization
Summary

Mastering REST API for Your Projects
Backward compatibility
A universal API
Architectural structure
REST architectural constraints
Ever-growing REST API
REST API as a platform
REST API in later versions of WordPress
REST API and WordPress plugin development
REST API-based authentication
REST API and security
REST API being used in WordPress plugins
Disabling REST API
Summary

Summing It Up
Comparison of REST API with XML-RPC
XML-RPC usage in WordPress
REST API token-based authentication
Making sure your apps and sites are backward-compatible
The future of REST API
Limitations of REST API
Summary

Chapter 6. Creating a Simple Web App using WordPress REST API

So far, we have learnt how to send and receive POST and GET requests in REST API using WordPress, as well as working with posts and post metadata, categories and tags, among other things. As we proceed further with our learning guide, we will now focus on how to create a frontend for our website or app.