rest_insert_post is not working

  • cudjex

    (@cudjex)


    4 years, 3 months ago

    Hey I guys, I have strange issue. I wanna use rest_insert hook but it is not working.
    Here are the doc: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/hooks/rest_insert_this-post_type/

    What I tried:

    function action_rest_insert_post( $post, $request, $update ) {
    $params = $request->get_json_params();
    update_post_meta($post->ID, 'ib_landing_params', $params->ib_landing_params);
}

add_action("rest_insert_post", "action_rest_insert_post", 10, 1);

    I tried all ways, btw I at localhost. What is the problem?

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Yui.
    • This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by Jan Dembowski. Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not a Requests and Feedback topic

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    You’ve added incorrectly for one thing:
    add_action("rest_insert_post", "action_rest_insert_post", 10, 3);
    (last arg should be 3, not 1)

    If you checked the error log you should have seen a warning about invalid parameter count.

    Thread Starter cudjex

    (@cudjex)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Actually I have tried with 10, 3 params too. Also I tried with my custom post types, it didnt work again.. Interesting really. I am adding dd(), var_dump() etc. to callback function but there is no error again.

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    Any other issues you encounter would be around $request properties. When I replace $params->ib_landing_params with a simple string it gets saved, so everything else is working. Verify get_json_params() is returning what you think it should be. Is it really an object and not an array?

    Thread Starter cudjex

    (@cudjex)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    I think the issue is not related with $request or $params etc. Because this is not working too:

    function action_rest_insert_post( $post, $request, $update ) {
    update_post_meta($post->ID, 'ib_landing_params', 'test');
}

add_action("rest_insert_post", "action_rest_insert_post", 10, 3);

    I tried all ways and gave up lol 🙂

    • This reply was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by cudjex.
    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    4 years, 3 months ago

    You give up too easy 😛 Granted, I don’t know how much effort you’ve expended. FWIW, that works in my testing, so something else is amiss with the hook. Maybe the add_action() call occurs too late or under the wrong conditions? I put your code in a test plugin I use, so the action was added quite early on every request of any sort.

    There are also a number of other actions that fire when a post is saved. Most are not REST specific, but you can check for the constant REST_REQUEST being defined from a hook like “save_post”. Using a different hook may or may not help any.

    Are you sure the post is saved via a REST API request and not through other means like Ajax? “save_post” fires for virtually any post insertion method.

    Anyway, instead of giving up, set the problem aside for a while, then revisit later. A fresh look can reveal things you’re missing right now.

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