The latest articles on DEV Community by Jack Lyons (@jackedwardlyons). https://dev.to/jackedwardlyons https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F73900%2F72f0c9ec-8f4c-4027-95da-af53c67b8dc7.jpeg https://dev.to/jackedwardlyons en Jack Lyons Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:54:00 +0000 https://dev.to/jackedwardlyons/how-to-get-all-wordpress-posts-from-the-wp-api-with-javascript-3j48 https://dev.to/jackedwardlyons/how-to-get-all-wordpress-posts-from-the-wp-api-with-javascript-3j48 <p><em>This post was originally published on my blog, <a href="https://jacklyons.me/how-to-get-all-wordpress-posts-from-the-wp-api-with-javascript/">jacklyons.me</a></em></p> <p>Just recently I was asked to scrape a Wordpress blog for a client to audit of all their posts. Naturally, the first thought was to just export all the posts, however, after a quick google I stumbled upon the <strong><a href="https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/reference/" rel="noopener">Wordpress REST API</a></strong>. Using the API allows you to make direct requests to any wordpress site and retreive a list of blog posts as a JSON object.</p> <p>Give it a try right now. Punch this into your browser and you should get a list of my 10 most recent blog posts:</p> <pre><code>https://jacklyons.me/wp-json/wp/v2/posts</code></pre> <p>It's that easy! Inside each post object there is a huge amount of data. You can extract things like post date, post status, and much more. The API documetation states that you can only retreive a maximum of 100 posts per request. In this post I'll show you how to create a function that will get all your posts in a single go! This can be helpful when the site you're scraping has hundreds or thousands of posts.</p> <p>Below I created a super simple HTML snippet that you can copy and paste into a basic HTML file. Note that I'm using some modern browser and ES2017 features so you'll have to use Chrome or Firefox. Also, it may take a little while if you are scraping a site with a few hundred or thousand posts.</p> <div class="ltag_gist-liquid-tag"> </div> <p>If you have any questions, comments or feedback to improve, please just leave a comment :)</p> wordpress javascript api asyncawait