WP_REST_Server::dispatch( WP_REST_Request $request ): WP_REST_Response

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Matches the request to a callback and call it.

Parameters

$requestWP_REST_Requestrequired
Request to attempt dispatching.

Return

WP_REST_Response Response returned by the callback.

Source

public function dispatch( $request ) {
	$this->dispatching_requests[] = $request;

	/**
	 * Filters the pre-calculated result of a REST API dispatch request.
	 *
	 * Allow hijacking the request before dispatching by returning a non-empty. The returned value
	 * will be used to serve the request instead.
	 *
	 * @since 4.4.0
	 *
	 * @param mixed           $result  Response to replace the requested version with. Can be anything
	 *                                 a normal endpoint can return, or null to not hijack the request.
	 * @param WP_REST_Server  $server  Server instance.
	 * @param WP_REST_Request $request Request used to generate the response.
	 */
	$result = apply_filters( 'rest_pre_dispatch', null, $this, $request );

	if ( ! empty( $result ) ) {

		// Normalize to either WP_Error or WP_REST_Response...
		$result = rest_ensure_response( $result );

		// ...then convert WP_Error across.
		if ( is_wp_error( $result ) ) {
			$result = $this->error_to_response( $result );
		}

		array_pop( $this->dispatching_requests );
		return $result;
	}

	$error   = null;
	$matched = $this->match_request_to_handler( $request );

	if ( is_wp_error( $matched ) ) {
		$response = $this->error_to_response( $matched );
		array_pop( $this->dispatching_requests );
		return $response;
	}

	list( $route, $handler ) = $matched;

	if ( ! is_callable( $handler['callback'] ) ) {
		$error = new WP_Error(
			'rest_invalid_handler',
			__( 'The handler for the route is invalid.' ),
			array( 'status' => 500 )
		);
	}

	if ( ! is_wp_error( $error ) ) {
		$check_required = $request->has_valid_params();
		if ( is_wp_error( $check_required ) ) {
			$error = $check_required;
		} else {
			$check_sanitized = $request->sanitize_params();
			if ( is_wp_error( $check_sanitized ) ) {
				$error = $check_sanitized;
			}
		}
	}

	$response = $this->respond_to_request( $request, $route, $handler, $error );
	array_pop( $this->dispatching_requests );
	return $response;
}

Hooks

apply_filters( ‘rest_pre_dispatch’, mixed $result, WP_REST_Server $server, WP_REST_Request $request )

Filters the pre-calculated result of a REST API dispatch request.

Changelog

VersionDescription
4.4.0Introduced.

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