Extending REST API
Now that you are comfortable with the default working of the default routes and methods, let’s discover how to add new data to the REST API or enhance and manipulate existing response objects in the Extending the REST API section.
Explore these videos for insights and tutorials on Extending REST API. This section comprises 7 modules with a combined duration of 1 hour 4 minutes.
| Video Content | Time |
|---|---|
| Modifying the response Pt 1 | 10:19 |
| Modifying the response Pt 2 | 10:55 |
| Embedding Links | 12:07 |
| register_rest_field() | 08:11 |
| Adding custom Endpoints | 12:30 |
| More on Extending REST API | 04:44 |
| rest_do_request() | 04:40 |
Authentication
Explore the videos for insights and tutorials on REST API Authentication. This section comprises 5 modules with a combined duration of 40 minutes.
| Video Content | Time |
|---|---|
| Introduction to Application Passwords | 06:30 |
| Creating Posts Using REST API | 11:20 |
| Updating Posts Using REST API | 05:36 |
| Deleting Posts Using REST API | 02:38 |
| How WordPress Authenticates Requests | 12:24 |
References
- Writing a WP REST API endpoint in 2 minutes by Tom J Nowell