rest_cookie_check_errors

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Summery Summery

Checks for errors when using cookie-based authentication.

Syntax Syntax

rest_cookie_check_errors( WP_Error|mixed $result )

Description Description

WordPress’ built-in cookie authentication is always active for logged in users. However, the API has to check nonces for each request to ensure users are not vulnerable to CSRF.

Parameters Parameters

$result

(Required) Error from another authentication handler, null if we should handle it, or another value if not.

Return Return

(WP_Error|mixed|bool) WP_Error if the cookie is invalid, the $result, otherwise true.

Source Source

File: wp-includes/rest-api.php

}

/**
 * Adds the REST API URL to the WP RSD endpoint.
 *
 * @since 4.4.0
 *
 * @see get_rest_url()
 */
function rest_output_rsd() {
	$api_root = get_rest_url();

	if ( empty( $api_root ) ) {
		return;
	}
	?>
	<api name="WP-API" blogID="1" preferred="false" apiLink="<?php echo esc_url( $api_root ); ?>" />
	<?php
}

/**
 * Outputs the REST API link tag into page header.
 *
 * @since 4.4.0
 *
 * @see get_rest_url()
 */
function rest_output_link_wp_head() {
	$api_root = get_rest_url();

	if ( empty( $api_root ) ) {
		return;
	}

	printf( '<link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="%s" />', esc_url( $api_root ) );

	$resource = rest_get_queried_resource_route();

	if ( $resource ) {
		printf( '<link rel="alternate" type="application/json" href="%s" />', esc_url( rest_url( $resource ) ) );
	}
}

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Version Description
4.4.0 Introduced.

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