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Introduction to the REST API | WordPress Leeds | 25th October 2016

A brief introduction to the WordPress REST API and what it can be used for

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October 25, 2016

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Transcript

  1. REST API INTRODUCTION TO THE

  2. WHAT IS “THE REST API”?

  3. A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH WORDPRESS, WITHOUT WORDPRESS

  4. PROVIDES A CLEAR PATH FOR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO GET TO

    THE CONTENT CREATED IN WORDPRESS

  5. WORDPRESS IOS APP REACT APP ANDROID APP WEBSITE

  6. WHAT DOES API EVEN MEAN?

  7. APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

  8. A WAY FOR TWO PROGRAMS TO INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER

  9. WHAT ABOUT REST?

  10. REPRESENTATIONAL STATE TRANSFER

  11. USES HTTP TO SEND AND RECEIVE DATA

  12. HTTP://WPLEEDS.CO.UK

  13. GET = SEE DATA POST = SEND DATA

  14. None
  15. None
  16. None
  17. None

  18. ENDPOINTS

  19. A URL TO POINT OUR REQUESTS TO

  20. RETURNS DATA FROM WORDPRESS VIA THE API

  21. HTTP://EXAMPLE.COM/ WP-JSON/WP/V2/POSTS

  22. None

  23. JSONVIEW CHROME EXTENSION

  24. PROVIDES A CLEAR PATH FOR OTHER TECHNOLOGIES TO GET TO

    THE CONTENT CREATED IN WORDPRESS

  25. STANDARDISED URL

  26. STANDARDISED DATA STRUCTURE

  27. CONTENT ENDPOINTS
 COMING IN WORDPRESS 4.7
 (DECEMBER 2016)

  28. OTHER ENDPOINTS…
 TBC

  29. CAN STRANGERS POST TO MY WORDPRESS WEBSITE USING THE API?

  30. NO

  31. AUTHENTICATION

  32. USER WOULD LOG IN VIA THE ADMIN

  33. PROGRAM NEEDS TO AUTHENTICATE

  34. None

  35. WHAT CAN THE API BE USED FOR?

  36. POWER MOBILE APPS

  37. SHARE DATA BETWEEN SITES

  38. BESPOKE ADMIN INTERFACES

  39. JAVASCRIPT POWERED THEMES

  40. REALTIME DATA

  41. INTEGRATION WITH THIRD PARTIES

  42. WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE?

  43. HUMAN MADE WHITEPAPER: HMN.MD/WHITEPAPER

  44. DOCUMENTATION: WP-API.ORG

  45. THANKS