register_rest_field( string|array $object_type, string $attribute, array $args = array() )

Registers a new field on an existing WordPress object type.

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Parameters Parameters

$object_type

(string|array) (Required) Object(s) the field is being registered to, "post"|"term"|"comment" etc.

$attribute

(string) (Required) The attribute name.

$args

(array) (Optional) An array of arguments used to handle the registered field.

  • 'get_callback'
    (callable|null) Optional. The callback function used to retrieve the field value. Default is 'null', the field will not be returned in the response. The function will be passed the prepared object data.
  • 'update_callback'
    (callable|null) Optional. The callback function used to set and update the field value. Default is 'null', the value cannot be set or updated. The function will be passed the model object, like WP_Post.
  • 'schema'
    (array|null) Optional. The callback function used to create the schema for this field. Default is 'null', no schema entry will be returned.

Default value: array()

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Uses Uses

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wp-includes/functions.php: wp_parse_args()

Merge user defined arguments into defaults array.

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File: wp-includes/rest-api.php 

function register_rest_field( $object_type, $attribute, $args = array() ) {
	$defaults = array(
		'get_callback'    => null,
		'update_callback' => null,
		'schema'          => null,
	);

	$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );

	global $wp_rest_additional_fields;

	$object_types = (array) $object_type;

	foreach ( $object_types as $object_type ) {
		$wp_rest_additional_fields[ $object_type ][ $attribute ] = $args;
	}
}

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Changelog
Version Description
4.7.0 Introduced.

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User Contributed Notes User Contributed Notes

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    Contributed by Nate Finch —

    An example to add all of the post meta to a post-meta-fields field:

    add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'create_api_posts_meta_field' );

function create_api_posts_meta_field() {

	// register_rest_field ( 'name-of-post-type', 'name-of-field-to-return', array-of-callbacks-and-schema() )
	register_rest_field( 'post', 'post-meta-fields', array(
	       'get_callback'    => 'get_post_meta_for_api',
	       'schema'          => null,
	    )
	);
}

function get_post_meta_for_api( $object ) {
	//get the id of the post object array
	$post_id = $object['id'];

	//return the post meta
 	return get_post_meta( $post_id );
}

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    This can be extended or edited. For example, if you don’t want to include all the post meta, you can filter it, or return only the field you need. The options are limitless, but the callback gives you access to the post object, which exposes the id among other parameters, so you can use many different helper functions.

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    Contributed by Matt Barrett (corradomatt) —

    GET callbacks accept up to 4 arguments in order…

    • $post – (object) Post or custom post type object of the request.
    • $attr – (string) Rest field/attr string identifier from the second parameter of your register_rest_field() declaration.
    • $request – (object) Full request payload – as a WP_REST_Request object
    • $object_type – (string) The object type which the field is registered against. Typically first parameter of your register_rest_field() declaration.

    Post callbacks accept the above arguments but also a 5th argument in the first position which is the value being passed from the POST request to the attribute/field.

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    Contributed by aepp —

    This code works (also with shipped Backbone client) in WordPress 4.9.4:

    $meta = [
    'key' => 'my_post_type_name',
    'description' => 'This is the name of my post type',
    'type' => 'string'
];

\register_rest_field('my_post_type', $meta['key'], [
    'get_callback' => function ($params) use ($meta) {
        return \get_post_meta($params['id'], $meta['key'], true);
    },
    'update_callback' => function ($value, $object, $fieldName){
        return \update_post_meta($object->ID, $fieldName, $value);
    }
]);

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    Contributed by Manzoor Wani —

    To make use of sanitize_callback and validate_callback, pass those in arg_options in schema

    // Make sure to use PHP >= 5.4
add_action(
	'rest_api_init',
	function () {
		// Field name to register.
		$field = 'my_field';
		register_rest_field(
			'post',
			$field,
			array(
				'get_callback'    => function ( $object ) use ( $field ) {
					// Get field as single value from post meta.
					return get_post_meta( $object['id'], $field, true );
				},
				'update_callback' => function ( $value, $object ) use ( $field ) {
					// Update the field/meta value.
					update_post_meta( $object->ID, $field, $value );
				},
				'schema'          => array(
					'type'        => 'string',
					'arg_options' => array(
						'sanitize_callback' => function ( $value ) {
							// Make the value safe for storage.
							return sanitize_text_field( $value );
						},
						'validate_callback' => function ( $value ) {
							// Valid if it contains exactly 10 English letters.
							return (bool) preg_match( '/\A[a-z]{10}\Z/', $value );
						},
					),
				),
			)
		);
	}
);

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    Contributed by mymonoo —

    Custom sql queries can be achieved to get whatever value you want from database. The following queries shows how can we modify rest output to show something from our custom table ‘wp_it_job_details’ which is, of course, inside WordPress database. Put it in your themes/plugins functions.php

    function add_last_date_data() {
  //Last date
  register_rest_field( 'post',
    'last_date',
    array(
        'get_callback'  => 'rest_get_last_date',
        'update_callback'   => null,
        'schema'            => null,
     )
  );
}
function rest_get_last_date( $object ) {
    //get the Post Id
    $post_id = $object['id'];
	global $wpdb;
	$sql = "SELECT * FROM wp_it_job_details WHERE post_id = '$post_id'"; //wp_it_job_details is job table
	$results = $wpdb->get_row($sql);
		if(count($results) > 0) {
			//We have this post_id row in the table
			return $results->last_date;	//last_date is the column name, change to your's
    
		} else return ""; //return nothing 
		
    
}
add_action( 'rest_api_init', 'add_last_date_data' );

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    Contributed by Aamer Shahzad —

    An example to add post featured image src to the ‘featured_image_src’ field.

    add_action( 'rest_api_init', function () {
	register_rest_field( 'post', 'featured_image_src', array(
		'get_callback' => function ( $post_arr ) {
			$image_src_arr = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $post_arr['featured_media'], 'medium' );

			return $image_src_arr[0];
		},
		'update_callback' => null,
		'schema' => null
	) );
} );

    Helpful for showing featured image in gutenberg block development when posts are fetched with withSelect() function.

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    Contributed by systemosa — 
    // assume there custom post_type named events 
add_action( 'rest_api_init', function() {
    register_rest_field( 'events', 'event_date', array(

        'get_callback' => function( $comment_arr ) {
            $comment_obj = get_field('event_date', $comment_arr['id'] );
            return $comment_obj;
        },

        'update_callback' => function( $karma, $comment_obj ) {
            update_field('event_date', $karma, $comment_arr['id'] );
            return true;
        },

        'schema' => array(
            'event_date' => __( 'event_date' ),
            'type'        => 'text'
        ),

    ));

});

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