Authentication based on tokens has been around for quite a while and rightfully, given the common use of APIs, tokens have proved to be one of the best ways of handling authentication for a bunch of users. While there are other means of authentication, the main features that this authentication provides are that it is mobile-application ready, and has improved security and extensive scalability which when it works as implied is more than enough for smooth authentication. Any significant web application that you might have used, like any social media hub, makes use of token-based authentication and we will go through the reasons why they took that path. Given that the protocol of HTT (HTTP) is stateless, the authentication of a user just with his credentials will not produce any result, as these details wouldn't have anything to be paired with to confirm the authentication, which is why user information is stored server-wide and is used whenever somebody makes a request...
Learning WordPress REST API
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Overview of this book
The WordPress REST API is a recent innovation that has the potential to unlock several new opportunities for WordPress developers. It can help you integrate with technologies outside of WordPress, as well as offer great flexibility when developing themes and plugins for WordPress. As such, the REST API can make developers’ lives easier.
The book begins by covering the basics of the REST API and how it can be used along with WordPress. Learn how the REST API interacts with WordPress, allowing you to copy posts and modify post metadata. Move on to get an understanding of taxonomies and user roles are in WordPress and how to use them with the WordPress REST API. Next, find out how to edit and process forms with AJAX and how to create custom routes and functions. You will create a fully-functional single page web app using a WordPress site and the REST API. Lastly, you will see how to deal with the REST API in future versions and will use it to interact it with third-party services.
By the end of the book, you will be able to work with the WordPress REST API to build web applications.
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Learning WordPress REST API
Credits
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Getting Started with REST API
Interacting with REST API in WordPress
Working with Taxonomies and Users with REST API
Working with Forms Using REST API
Custom Routes in WordPress REST API
Creating a Simple Web App using WordPress REST API
Mastering REST API for Your Projects
WordPress REST API in Practice
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