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MOHSIN ALI SOOMRO
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Integrate WordPress rest Api in Reactjs

Hi There Hope you are fine
Demo here

I will integrate rest API in react js using JWT authentication for that you need a plugin to install in your WordPress and active it.
JWT Auth โ€” WordPress JSON Web Token Authentication.
WordPress JSON Web Token Authentication allows you to do REST API authentication via a token. It is simple, non-complex, and easy to use. This plugin probably is the most convenient way to do JWT Authentication in WordPress.
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The react app is integrated with wp rest API and crud operation on the posts
steps

1: Open the .htaccess file in the root folder of WordPress and paste

RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} ^(.*)
RewriteRule ^(.*) - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%1]
SetEnvIf Authorization "(.*)" HTTP_AUTHORIZATION=$1
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2: Open the wp-config.php file in the root folder of WordPress and paste

get the secret key from the given link or you put your own
link

define('JWT_AUTH_SECRET_KEY', 'your-top-secret-key');
define('JWT_AUTH_CORS_ENABLE', true);
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Now you get endpoint for authentication
http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/jwt-auth/v1/token

Using axios

Promise based HTTP client for the browser and node.js

const loginData = {
            username: "Username",
            password: "Password"
        };
axios.post('http://yourdomain/wp-json/jwt-auth/v1/token', loginData)
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res.data);
        localStorage.setItem('token', res.data.token);
        localStorage.setItem('user_nicename', res.data.user_nicename);
        localStorage.setItem('user_email', res.data.user_email);
        localStorage.setItem('user_display_name', res.data.user_display_name);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err);
    });
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Crud Operation Endpoint for posts

Get All post (get all post you does not need any token)
http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

axios.get('http://yourdomain/wp-json/wp/v2/posts')
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res.data)   
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err);
});
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Create a post (You need an authentication token from login)
http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

const formdata = {
    title: title,
    content: content,
    status: 'publish'
};

axios.post('http://yourdomain/wp-json/wp/v2/posts', formdata, {
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem('token')}`
                }
    })
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res);           
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err)
});
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Edit Post (You need an authentication token from login)
http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/id

const formdata = {
    title: title,
    content: content,
    status: 'publish'
};
axios.post('http://yourdomain/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/'+id, formdata, {
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem('token')}`
        }
    })
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(res);
});
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Delete Post (You need authentication token from login)
http://yourdomain.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/id

axios.delete('http://yourdomain/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/' + id, {
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'Authorization': `Bearer ${localStorage.getItem('token')}`
        }
    })
    .then((res) => {
        console.log(res);
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err);
});
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For code here is the GitHub link
code

If there is any difficulty feel free to comment I will reply to you asap

Thanks for ready if this will helpful for you then comments and star my repo

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ivica-ha

Hey,
I can't seem to go pass COARSE. Alwas the same error. Not sure what can I update.
I've set all the .htacces and config lines, but I always get:

Access to XMLHttpRequest at 'localhost:8080/wp-json/jwt-auth/v1...' from origin 'localhost:3000' has been blocked by CORS policy: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource.

Any ideas? Maybe http?

Thanks for the help in advance.
Regards,

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MOHSIN ALI SOOMRO • Edited

Thanks for comment here, can you send me screenshot of the exact error you get.
Here is the GitHub repo that may help you github.com/MohsinAliSoomro/wp-rest...

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Sung M. Kim

Hi there Mohsin.

Would you format the code snippets?
You could check out the editor guide for documentation :)

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MOHSIN ALI SOOMRO

Thank you Sung M. Kim for providing the documentation guidelines

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Sung M. Kim

yw and thank you for taking time to making it better~

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Kemigisa Lailah Grant

Thanks for the post, meanwhile, im tring to access your finished application but can't go beyond login