Sufyan bin Uzayr: Learning WordPress REST API [EPUB]

A practical tutorial to get you up and running with the revolutionary Word Press REST API
About This Book

Learn how to run the latest Word Press REST API with various platforms
Create exciting apps and manage non-Word Press content with them
Secure, export, and manage your data through illustrative examples

Who This Book Is For
This book is for Word Press developers and designers who want to get a complete practical understanding of the Word Press REST API and leverage it to create fully-featured web apps.
What You Will Learn

Use the Word Press REST API to read, write, and edit posts
Create and work with metadata using the Word Press REST API
Work with taxonomies using the REST API
Add custom routes and build apps using the Word Press REST API
Process requests and integrate with external applications and frameworks
Make your Word Press projects ready for the RESTful API standard

In Detail
The Word Press REST API is a recent innovation that has the potential to unlock several new opportunities for Word Press developers. It can help you integrate with technologies outside of Word Press, as well as offer great flexibility when developing themes and plugins for Word Press. As such, the REST API can make developers’ lives easier.
The book begins by covering the basics of the REST API and how it can be used along with Word Press. Learn how the REST API interacts with Word Press, allowing you to copy posts and modify post metadata. Move on to get an understanding of taxonomies and user roles are in Word Press and how to use them with the Word Press REST API. Next, find out how to edit and process forms with AJAX and how to create custom routes and functions. You will create a fully-functional single page web app using a Word Press site and the REST API. Lastly, you will see how to deal with the REST API in future versions and will use it to interact it with third-party services.
By the end of the book, you will be able to work with the Word Press REST API to build web applications.
Style and Approach
A step by step tutorial to explain the new and exciting world of the Word Press REST API with the real world examples.