Getting Started with the REST API

I don’t actually need help-help, in the sense of support with the plug-in.

I just wanted to let anyone else who might have whiffed on the same information that using the latest version of the REST API is completely possible even if you don’t have access to Composer.

I downloaded the whole shebang on Git, stored all of that in my theme folder, did all the “require_once”s and the login/credential code from the API docs, including how to create the key/secret…

Importantly, I tucked the “use” statement way at the top of my file.

I wasn’t very good initially at parsing the PHP examples’ data variables when it came to first making a product, and then trying to add product variations, but I had zero issue changing the product creation sample that came with built-in variation information.

Once I could obtain it, install it, knew it would work (I lost SO much time chasing dead ends, like trying to access my own back end with encoded strings as if I was coming from a different site, etc.)…and followed the samples in depth, I was able to get a grip…I see its simplicity and elegance now and it’s both really cool and really comforting to know it’ll be steady moving forward.

I’m happy to take any questions if the real-live experts are busy and you want to know just about this topic from a person who’s a not-so-expert and tripped over himself a few times. Sometimes that’s easier to digest =)