REST API component

The REST APIREST API The REST API is an acronym for the RESTful Application Program Interface (API) that uses HTTP requests to GET, PUT, POST and DELETE data. It is how the front end of an application (think “phone app” or “website”) can communicate with the data store (think “database” or “file system”) https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/ is an external HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. allowing access and manipulation of data in WordPress. For more information about the API, see the REST API Handbook.

The component is lead by @rmccue (Tech Lead) and @kadamwhite (Design Lead). Features can be tracked on the Trello board.

Meetings are held weekly at Thursday 18:00 UTC in #core-restapi .

Subcomponents: Application Passwords.

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180 open tickets in the REST API component

180 open ticketsdefect (bug)enhancementfeature requesttask (blessed)
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180 open tickets. Last 7 days: -1 ticket

24 tickets that have no replies

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  • #48822  Indicate partial success/error of a REST API request
  • #50239  REST API Debug/Dev Mode
  • #52590  Consider increasing the limit of the perPage argument in paginated requests. rest-api
  • #53828  Nullable registered meta with format does not display in JSON schema rest-api
  • #53836  Option to additionally format API response
  • #53942  Non-single post meta multiple value update breaks post save through REST API rest-api
  • #54513  Add meta support to template REST API rest-api
  • #54753  Wrong post content when uploading raw post data via REST API when html data url is used rest-api
  • #55128  REST API /media leaves holes in the result, making it virtually impossible to paginate through them rest-api
  • #55672  Media endpoint allows multiple media types on request, but only returns image in response rest-api
  • #56587  REST API sanitize and validate order / priority
  • #56593  Post meta validation error messages are not helpful to end users rest-api
  • #56668  REST API calls are failed when cookies are cleared from the site
  • #56919  REST API term embed 401 - not allowed to view terms for this post
  • #57088  Rest API improve time response with cache
  • #58710  REST: media (images) deleted or replaced are returned by their new id when requested by their old id
  • #60142  wordpress api not returns category descriptions in embedded data of post rest-api
  • #60349  Rest API media upload utf8 urlencoded filename not decoded on server
  • #60608  Missing REST API users endpoint orderby parameters
  • #61444  REST API: If Super Admin does not exist in subsite, retrieving users is rejected
  • #63074  Automated Output Escaping Based on REST API Schema
  • #63402  Query Posts without URL parameters to avoid running into character limit with many filters
  • #64019  Improve clarity of REST API meta field error message "The %s property has an invalid stored value, and cannot be updated to null." rest-api
  • #66136  REST API: batch/v1 fires rest_pre_dispatch with a WP_REST_Request whose route is null rest-api

8 tickets slated for 7.2

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  • #40365  Introduce a REST API endpoint for sites multisite rest-api
  • #46992  Add a filter which allows the HTTP headers for REST API Endpoints to be changed
  • #54484  REST API returns (empty) array for Meta but Schema has type object
  • #63982  Comment REST API route: add support multiple statuses
  • #64260  Default filter `doing_it_wrong_trigger_error` for REST request cause no notice at all. rest-api
  • #65050  REST API: Comments controller returns 403 instead of 404 for invalid post ID in update_item() coding-standards
  • #65810  REST API: attachments created from a `url` skip the shared insert path in `create_item()`
  • #66027  REST API: let the media create endpoint record the attachment an upload was edited from rest-api

180 open tickets

Open enhancements: 82 View list on Trac
Open tasks: 4 View list on Trac
Open feature requests: 11 View list on Trac
Open defects: 83 View list on Trac

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