How to format action_data for WP_REST_Request

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(@ysnz)

Hello Forum,

I’m trying to create new redirections directly in a plugin via php and the WP_REST_Request-Class.

I already could create a redirection, but I can’t add the target url properly…
For me it only works to give an empty string as parameter. All other tries throw an error. Here the working code:

$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'POST', '/redirection/v1/redirect' );
$request->set_param('status', 'enabled');
$request->set_param('position', 0);
$matchdata = ['source' => [
    'flag_regex' => false,
    'flag_query' => 'ignore',
    'flag_case' => true,
    'flag_trailing' => false
]];
$request->set_param('match_data', json_encode($matchdata));
$request->set_param('regex', false);
$request->set_param('url', '/here-we-come');
$request->set_param('match_type', 'url');
$request->set_param('title', 'test2');
$request->set_param('group_id', 1);
$request->set_param('action_type', 'url');
$request->set_param('action_code', 301);
$request->set_param('action_data', '');

$response = rest_do_request( $request );

I tried different ways to give the action_data, but none of them worked:

$request->set_param('action_data', '["url": "/here-we-go"]');
$request->set_param('action_data', {"url":"here-we-go"});
$request->set_param('action_data', json_encode(['url' => '/here-we-go']));
$request->set_param('action_data', json_encode("/here-we-go"));

Anyone has this woking or know how to do it?

This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by ysnz.

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Plugin Author

John Godley

(@johnny5)

5 years, 9 months ago

You can find developer information here:

https://redirection.me/developer/

You don’t need to JSON encode data being added, and the other data formats you’ve used make no sense – this is PHP, so you have to send PHP data.

You can use your browser developer tools and see what data is being sent by Redirection.

Thread Starter

ysnz

(@ysnz)

5 years, 9 months ago

Thanks for your answer!

I thought I tried this too, but I was too confused 😀

So here the working code for everybody else who wants a working code to start with.

$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'POST', '/redirection/v1/redirect' );
$request->set_param('status', 'enabled');
$request->set_param('position', 0);
$matchdata = ['source' => [
    'flag_regex' => false,
    'flag_query' => 'ignore',
    'flag_case' => true,
    'flag_trailing' => false
]];
$request->set_param('match_data', $matchdata);
$request->set_param('regex', false);
$request->set_param('url', '/here-we-come');
$request->set_param('match_type', 'url');
$request->set_param('title', 'test2');
$request->set_param('group_id', 1);
$request->set_param('action_type', 'url');
$request->set_param('action_code', 301);
$request->set_param('action_data', ['url' => '/here-we-go']);

$response = rest_do_request( $request );
$server = rest_get_server();
$data = $server->response_to_data( $response, false );
// do whatever you want with the returned data

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