Edit basic information about a media item.
https://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/1/get/read/following/
https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/media/$media_ID
Rest API Handbook
https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/
Resource Information
| Method | GET |
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| URL | https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/read/following/ |
| Requires authentication? | Yes |
Query Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
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| http_envelope | (bool) |
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| pretty | (bool) |
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| meta | (string) | Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the ‘meta’ part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes |
| fields | (string) | Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title |
| callback | (string) | An optional JSONP callback function. |
| number | (int) | The number of posts to return. Limit: 40. Default: 10. |
| page | (int) | Return the Nth 1-indexed page of posts. |
| order | (string) |
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| after | (iso 8601 datetime) | Return posts dated after the specified datetime. |
| before | (iso 8601 datetime) | Return posts dated before the specified datetime. |
Response Parameters
| Parameter | Type | Description |
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| ID | (int) | The post ID. |
| site_ID | (int) | The site ID. |
| author | (object) | The author of the post. |
| date | (iso 8601 datetime) | The post’s creation time. |
| modified | (iso 8601 datetime) | The post’s most recent update time. |
| title | (html) |
context dependent. |
| URL | (url) | The full permalink URL to the post. |
| short_URL | (url) | The wp.me short URL. |
| content | (html) |
context dependent. |
| excerpt | (html) |
context dependent. |
| slug | (string) | The name (slug) for the post, used in URLs. |
| guid | (string) | The GUID for the post. |
| status | (string) |
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| sticky | (bool) | Is the post sticky? |
| password | (string) | The plaintext password protecting the post, or, more likely, the empty string if the post is not password protected. |
| parent | (object|false) | A reference to the post’s parent, if it has one. |
| type | (string) |
The post’s post_type. Post types besides post, page and revision need to be whitelisted using the rest_api_allowed_post_types filter. |
| comments_open | (bool) | Is the post open for comments? |
| pings_open | (bool) | Is the post open for pingbacks, trackbacks? |
| likes_enabled | (bool) | Is the post open to likes? |
| sharing_enabled | (bool) | Should sharing buttons show on this post? |
| comment_count | (int) | The number of comments for this post. |
| like_count | (int) | The number of likes for this post. |
| i_like | (bool) | Does the current user like this post? |
| is_reblogged | (bool) | Did the current user reblog this post? |
| is_following | (bool) | Is the current user following this blog? |
| global_ID | (string) | A unique WordPress.com-wide representation of a post. |
| featured_image | (url) | The URL to the featured image for this post if it has one. |
| post_thumbnail | (object) | The attachment object for the featured image if it has one. |
| format | (string) |
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| geo | (object|false) | |
| menu_order | (int) | (Pages Only) The order pages should appear in. |
| publicize_URLs | (array) | Array of Twitter and Facebook URLs published by this post. |
| tags | (object) | Hash of tags (keyed by tag name) applied to the post. |
| categories | (object) | Hash of categories (keyed by category name) applied to the post. |
| attachments | (object) | Hash of post attachments (keyed by attachment ID). |
| metadata | (array) |
Array of post metadata keys and values. All unprotected meta keys are available by default for read requests. Both unprotected and protected meta keys are available for authenticated requests with access. Protected meta keys can be made available with the rest_api_allowed_public_metadata filter. |
| meta | (object) | API result meta data |
| current_user_can | (object) | List of permissions. Note, deprecated in favor of `capabilities` |
| capabilities | (object) | List of post-specific permissions for the user; publish_post, edit_post, delete_post |
| date_range | (object) | date range covered by current results. |
| number | (int) | The number of posts brought back by current query. |
| posts | (array) | An array of post objects. |
Resource Errors
These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.
| HTTP Code | Error Identifier | Error Message |
|---|---|---|
| 403 | unauthorized | User cannot view taxonomy |
| 403 | unauthorized | User cannot view post |
| 403 | authorization_required | An active access token must be used to query information about the current user. |
| 403 | unauthorized | User cannot edit taxonomy |
| 400 | invalid_post | Invalid post |
| 400 | invalid_context | Invalid API CONTEXT |
| 403 | unauthorized | User cannot edit post |
| 404 | unknown_post | Unknown post |
Example
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{ "date_range": { "before": "2020-09-23T10:00:48+00:00", "after": "2020-09-21T23:59:05+00:00" }, "number": 2, "posts": [ { "ID": 43333, "site_ID": 3584907, "author": { "ID": 177071748, "login": "shaktimb", "email": false, "name": "Shakti Mb", "first_name": "Shakti", "last_name": "Mb", "nice_name": "shaktimb", "URL": "http://test92travel.wordpress.com", "avatar_URL": "https://0.gravatar.com/avatar/c1e06475bf3496e81c1925d90d7c890a?s=96&d=retro", "profile_URL": "https://en.gravatar.com/shaktimb", "ip_address": false, "site_ID": 170534264, "site_visible": true }, "date": "2020-09-23T10:00:48+00:00", "modified": "2020-09-23T10:00:48+00:00", "title": "A Better Way to Discover Blogs and Get Inspired", "URL": "http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2020/09/23/discover-blogs-get-inspired-wordpress-reader/", "short_URL": "https://wp.me/pf2B5-bgV", "content": "n<p class="has-drop-cap">WordPress is home to millions of sites across countless topics. 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Together with colleagues from across the company, we formed <a href="https://automattic.com/employee-resource-groups/">an employee resource group focused on sustainability</a>. We are pleased to announce that as a result of our efforts, Automattic now offsets data center power emissions produced from non-renewable sources. This means that the servers running WordPress.com, WordPress VIP, Tumblr, and <a href="https://automattic.com/">other Automattic services</a> contribute net zero carbon emissions to our shared atmosphere.</p>nnnn<p>Measuring and offsetting emissions is not a trivial task. In the interest of transparency, this post provides more details on the decisions we made and answers questions that readers may have on the topic. We hope that this will benefit other organizations that are in a similar position to Automattic. 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