Title: WP_REST_Server::get_response_links
Published: December 9, 2015
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# WP_REST_Server::get_response_links( WP_REST_Response $response ): array

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Retrieves links from a response.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Extracts the links from a response into a structured hash, suitable for direct output.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$response`[WP_REST_Response](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_response/)
required

Response to extract links from.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 array Map of link relation to list of link hashes.

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function get_response_links( $response ) {
    	$links = $response->get_links();

    	if ( empty( $links ) ) {
    		return array();
    	}

    	// Convert links to part of the data.
    	$data = array();
    	foreach ( $links as $rel => $items ) {
    		$data[ $rel ] = array();

    		foreach ( $items as $item ) {
    			$attributes         = $item['attributes'];
    			$attributes['href'] = $item['href'];

    			if ( 'self' !== $rel ) {
    				$data[ $rel ][] = $attributes;
    				continue;
    			}

    			$target_hints = self::get_target_hints_for_link( $attributes );
    			if ( $target_hints ) {
    				$attributes['targetHints'] = $target_hints;
    			}

    			$data[ $rel ][] = $attributes;
    		}
    	}

    	return $data;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Server::get_target_hints_for_link()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_target_hints_for_link/)`wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php` |

Gets the target hints for a REST API Link.

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| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_REST_Server::get_compact_response_links()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_compact_response_links/)`wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php` |

Retrieves the CURIEs (compact URIs) used for relations.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_rest_server/get_response_links/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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