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Integrate External / Third-party REST API Endpoints into WordPress Site


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Integrating external APIs with WordPress has become increasingly common for expanding functionality and enhancing user experiences. You can seamlessly call external APIs from WordPress, leveraging the WordPress API integration capabilities. This process involves utilizing the WordPress REST API to communicate with external API services, retrieving and displaying dynamic content directly on WordPress websites. You can fetch data from any external API and seamlessly use this information within your WordPress site. This integration not only enriches the website's offerings but also streamlines content management, allowing you to efficiently update and present real-time information to your audience.


This guide will help you to integrate external/ third-party APIs into WordPress. Perform operations on external/ third-party API endpoints on any WordPress or third-party plugin events. The plugin provides the option to embed the WordPress hook specific to the External API connection.


The guide also highlights the steps to generate custom REST endpoints in WordPress specific to your own complex SQL query.



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Custom API for WordPress
By miniOrange

Custom API for WordPress plugin allows you to create WordPress APIs / custom endpoints / REST APIs. You can Fetch / Modify / Create / Delete data with an easy-to-use graphical interface.

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1. Use cases for Custom REST API Plugin


    Custom Rest API endpoint configuration
  • Imagine you have a REST API endpoint granted by your API provider and want to retrieve data from their side. This process can be effortlessly executed within seconds by employing our plugin's External APIs integration feature, directly into the WordPress backend, enabling an effective WordPress API integration. The retrieved data can then be seamlessly employed for showcasing purposes on your WordPress site.

    Additionally, you can share real-time data through API endpoint requests. For instances where an External API call is necessary, the plugin offers a dedicated WordPress hook that can be conveniently utilized.


    Custom Rest API Call External
  • Suppose you have a WordPress site integrated with an External/Third-party provider. You now want to:

      1. Perform some actions like register/sign in/delete members on the third-party provider side .

      2. Fetch/update some other data by making the REST APIs call to the provider based on events like WPforms, Gravity Forms, Elementor, Contact-form7, or any other form submission.

    Our plugin provides WordPress API integration using a hook specific to external External/Third-party API connections. This hook can be easily integrated dynamically with all the forms, run on the submission, and provide the status of the API call.

    Custom Rest API Payment gateways
  • Let's say your WordPress website includes a payment gateway, such as PayPal, Stripe, or any other that is offered by Woocommerce, Wpforms, the Stripe plugin, or any other plugin.
    You want to call specific APIs to update the user status, membership level, etc. on the third-party API provider based on the payment status and amount. This is easily accomplished by using the hook provided by our plugin to call external API from WordPress. This hook can be embedded directly into the gateways and run only based on the transaction status.
  • Suppose you have external APIs provided by your supplier (distributor) and want to sync the real-time data fetched from these external APIs into Woocommerce to display these data/products.
    Our plugin provides you with the ability to use external API in WordPress site. These APIs can be called in the backend using the developer hooks to sync the real-time data with woocommerce products/items feeds and can be displayed on your site.

  • Click here to know more about WooCommerce Product Sync via APIs.

Note: Our plugin provides WordPress API integration using a hook specific to external External/Third-party API connections. This hook can be easily integrated dynamically with all the forms, run on the submission, and provide the status of the API call.In case you are also looking to integrate these developer hooks on the backend according to your requirements, please contact apisupport@xecurify.com to know more and let us know your complete requirements.

2. Connect Authentication Endpoint

  • Go to the Connect External API tab in the plugin to connect the External/ third-party provider’s API to WordPress. Click on the Connect External API button.
    • Custom Rest API connect external api
  • Select the Simple API .
    • Custom Rest API simple api
  • Fill the desired API Name that you want to give to the API connection and select required API method. In the External API endpoint field, write the URL which gives you the access token.
    • Custom Rest API fill api name
  • If needed by your API, you can provide the Authorization, Headers, and Body data in your API request by filling in the appropriate fields.
  • Click on Save button and to test the API connection, click on the Test button.
    • Custom Rest API test result

    In the response, we received the token in access_token and we will use this to call our next API.

3. Step to Connecting Data API

  • Go to the Connect External API tab in the plugin to connect the External/ third-party provider’s API to WordPress. Click on the Connect External API button.
    • Custom Rest API connect external api
  • Select the Simple API .
    • Custom Rest API simple api
  • Fill the following details

      • 1. API Name that you want to give to the API connection.

      2. Select required API method.

      3. In the External API endpoint field, write the URL which gives you the data.

      4. Pass the Authorization Header. If you want get the token from the token API that we configured in Step 1, you can pass the value in the following format: ##<token_variable> , <token_api_name>##

      5. In Advance Settings, select the dependent API.

    Custom Rest API Advance setting
  • Click on Save and Test button. On Successful connection, you will see the Test Result
    • Custom Rest API test result

Congratulations, you have successfully connected an external API to your WordPress site.


4. Advanced Settings

In the Advanced Settings section, you can

  • Select Role based access to see the data.
  • Choose a dependent API to connect APIs with each other.
  • Automatic data fetching.
  • Display API data on WordPress.
  • Store API data in WordPress tables.

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