Common WordPress APIs_ HTTP API.pptx
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The document is a presentation led by Jonathan Bossenger focusing on the HTTP Request API in WordPress, designed for developers and educators. It outlines essential terminology, learning outcomes, requirements for participation, and provides resources for further exploration. The session encourages interaction and questions from participants, with a commitment to post a recording online afterward.
Common WordPress APIs_ HTTP API.pptx
- 1. 1 Common WordPress APIs: HTTP Request API Jonathan Bossenger Learn.WordPress.org
- 2. 2 👋🏽 Welcome! As you join, let everyone know in the chat where you’re joining us from, and feel free to share a little about what you do with WordPress. Hello! ○ My name is Jonathan Bossenger ○ From Cape Town, South Africa ○ Developer educator at Automattic ○ Sponsored to work with the Training Team ○ jonathanbossenger.com
- 3. Learn.WordPress.org HTTP Request API Jonathan Bossenger
- 4. Announcements ○ Welcome. ○ Please let me know if you can’t see this slide! ○ We are presenting in focus mode, but please feel free to enable your video. ○ You are welcome to ask questions. ○ You are welcome to post questions in the chat, or unmute to ask questions.
- 5. Announcements ○ Make sure your local install is ready ○ If I am going too fast, please let me know! ○ We are recording this session and will be posting it to https://wordpress.tv/ afterwards. ○ https://learn.wordpress.org/ - WordPress learning resources ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/news/ - WordPress developer news
- 6. Learning outcomes ○ The HTTP Request API • What HTTP Request API ⁃ A quick detour into some terminology ⁃ Debugging your HTTP Requests • How to use the HTTP Request API to fetch data • How to use the HTTP Request API to send data • Considering performance • Advanced HTTP Request API topics
- 7. Question time ○ On a scale of 1 to 5, how well do you know this topic?
- 8. Requirements ○ A local WordPress install ○ A text editor ○ An example HTTP API • https://fakestoreapi.com/ ○ A plugin to test HTTP API requests • https://gist.github.com/jonathanbossenger/41391ce7329a9290215ca7528f35b6b2
- 9. Let’s go!
- 10. Terminology ○ API: Application Programming Interface, a set of functions and procedures that allow one application to interact with another. ○ HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol, an application protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. ○ HTTP API: A set of functions and procedures that allow one application to interact with another using the HTTP protocol.
- 11. Terminology ○ REST: Representational State Transfer, a software architectural style that defines a set of constraints to be used for creating Web services. ○ HTTP REST API: A set of functions and procedures that allow one application to interact with another using the HTTP protocol and the REST architectural style (more commonly called a REST API).
- 12. Terminology ○ HTTP Request: A request for the server to do something. Requests usually have a method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc), a URL, and headers. ○ HTTP Response: A response from the server. Responses usually have a status code (200, 404, 500, etc), headers, and a body. ○ HTTP Client: A program that makes HTTP requests. Browsers are HTTP clients, as are programs like cURL and Postman.
- 13. Resources ○ https://fakestoreapi.com/ ○ https://gist.github.com/jonathanbossenger/41391ce7329a9290215ca7528f35b6b2 ○ https://curl.se/ ○ https://www.postman.com/ ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/apis/making-http-requests/ ○ https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/