WP_REST_Request always outputs an error object with rest_forbidden

I am using the rest_do_request() method with the WP_REST_Request API to trigger the creation of a redirect in my PHP code.

The creation of the redirect is successful, however the response always has the status with a value of 401, and data array block has the code value as ‘rest_forbidden’, etc.

I didn’t think that there was any authentication required when using the rest_do_request() method. So why does the rest response always say forbidden regardless?

This is the create redirection code block I am using (but this also happens for deletes with bulk and updates, etc) with valid values for the $source, $target, and $group_id, and as mentioned the redirect is successfully created:

$request = new WP_REST_Request('POST', '/redirection/v1/redirect');
$request->set_query_params([
  'url' => $source,
  'action_data' => [
    'url' => $target,
  ],
  'regex'  => 0,
  'group_id'  => $group_id,
  'match_type'  => 'url',
  'action_type' => 'url',
  'action_code' => $action_code,
]);
$response = rest_do_request($request);

What could be the problem here?

• This topic was modified 4 years, 3 months ago by mkormendy.