JSON wrapper objects?

  • Resolved Imagedjenk

    (@djenk)


    6 years, 6 months ago

    We’re using your plugin to feed content to a client’s mobile app, but the developer says the following:

    “The links are working fine, but the items are not coming over as correct JSON, pretty close, but they do not have {} wrappers around the end result.”

    This is a bit outside of my pay grade so I don’t know exactly what they’re talking about or how to get that functionality using your plugin. Is that possible? Is the issue with the custom post type we’re trying to use?

    Thanks!

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  • Plugin Contributor Imageyikesitskevin

    (@yikesitskevin)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Hi @djenk,

    Which items are you referring to? I have a feeling your developer is referring to structural components of the WP REST API. (i.e. this is a WordPress problem, not a problem of this plugin). We don’t make any structural changes to the way the WP REST API works – we simply add or rename fields within the existing structure.

    However, this is a free forum. Is there any chance your developer can make an account and chime in?

    Let me know.

    Cheers,
    KEvin.

    Thread Starter Imagedjenk

    (@djenk)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    In this case, “items” means the individual listings of both a directory plugin and events on the site. But that’s all I know/understand about what they’re saying, or maybe I’m not understanding at all.

    Plugin Contributor Imageyikesitskevin

    (@yikesitskevin)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Can you have your developer send a sample of the bad JSON? I don’t understand what he’s missing.

    Thread Starter Imagedjenk

    (@djenk)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    From the app developer, JSON url included:

    “Looking at this feed, there are a couple things that stand out. As far as formatting, the root/parent item is an array, rather than a JSON object. More importantly, however, I think we are going to need more information within each object. For the events (https://visitbrainerd.com/wp-json/wp/v2/tribe_events), for example, we are going to need things like start and end times and dates, event descriptions, image links, and any other pertinent information about the event on each event item. I am not seeing too much of that information on the event feed. Could you please help clarify where we should be looking for these attributes?”

    Plugin Contributor Imageyikesitskevin

    (@yikesitskevin)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    The root/parent is an array of post objects. That is the how the WordPress REST API works.

    Are you using our plugin? Your developer is trying to add meta data to the events post JSON object. That’s what our plugin does. You can enable the individual meta fields that you need for e.g. start time, end time, dates, etc.

    Plugin Contributor Imageyikesitskevin

    (@yikesitskevin)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Looking at the endpoint you linked, I am seeing all of the meta fields e.g. _EventStartDate, _EventEndDate, etc.

    Thread Starter Imagedjenk

    (@djenk)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    I sent the app developer a new url. Rather than use the one created by your plugin, I used one based on the event plugin documentation (The Events Calendar).

    https://visitbrainerd.com/wp-json/tribe/events/v1/events

    Maybe that plugin is coded in such a way that it doesn’t play well with your plugin? Not really sure.

    I appreciate your help and interest in this, as it’s all new to me. Thanks.

    Thread Starter Imagedjenk

    (@djenk)

    6 years, 6 months ago

    Yes, I also see event start date, etc, in the endpoint created by your plugin, so I’m not sure what the developer is talking about, really. Yes, definitely using your plugin.

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