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.
Create Custom REST API endpoints in WordPress
In this guide you will learn to create custom API endpoints/REST APIs in WordPress. You can fetch data, you can POST, PUT, and DELETE (Insert, Update, Delete) data in WordPress as well. This plugin can also be used to Create, Read, Update, and Delete WordPress content from client-side JavaScript or from external applications, even those written in languages beyond PHP.
Usecase: Connecting Mobile Application/ Website / External Portal with main WordPress website.
- You have a main wordpress website and all your content, users information and several other details are stored in your main wordpress website itself.
- To create a Mobile Application or Another website which is in some different technology stack like Java, PHP, NodeJS, .Net ,etc. You can access all the data , content from your main website inside the Mobile Application and external website within a few minutes.
- Our Custom API for WP Plugin helps you create unlimited custom APIs to fetch , insert , delete or update the data and these APIs can be directly used in the Mobile Application or External Website.
You can have the data incoming and outgoing in other platforms within just a few minutes.
Guide to to Create Custom REST API
Creating custom API to GET (fetch) data from WordPress
- Go to Create Custom API tab and click on Create API button to create new APIs.
- Enter the desirable API name and select the method as GET and select the table and column/s you want to fetch using the API.
- In the Advanced Settings, you can choose response type, and also Restrict access based on WordPress roles. You can also sort your data using order filters, and also select data based on conditional values on columns.
- Click on Save button to create your custom endpoint/ REST API to get data from WP database. You’ll get a custom API/endpoint as shown below:
- To test the API, you can click on the Test button.
- You can also test by using the Postman tool to make requests to the custom API. We can also pass parameters like size, page, offset to get data in pages.
Creating Custom API for PUT, POST, DELETE operation
- Go to Create Custom API tab and click on Create API button to create new APIs.
- Enter the desirable API name and select the method as PUT and select the table and column/s you want to update using the API.
- Click on Save button to create your custom endpoint/ REST API to Update data in WordPress database. You’ll get a custom API/endpoint as shown below:
- To test the API, you can click on the Test button and send updated data.
- After clicking Continue, you can see the successful response as below:
- You can also test by using the Postman tool to make requests to the custom API.
Note: You need to pass the updated data in the request body in key:value pair in form-urlencoded manner or JSON format.
Recommended Plugin
This plugin allows you to create custom endpoints/REST routes to fetch/modify/create/delete data with an easy-to-use graphical interface and with the custom SQL queries as well. Also, the plugin provides the feature to integrate external API into your WordPress site with third-party platforms.
Tested with 6.6.1
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