Nodewp.com

Query in an easy way the public API of wordpress.com, with a set of functions that bring all the data with 1 or 2 parameters 📞

Instalation 📦

Installation in your project 📁

npm install nodewp.com

Usage 🎯

Import the module with an alias or a specific function from the library 📦

NodeJs and express framework example 📦

import express from 'express'

// esmodules
import wp from 'nodewp.com'

// commonjs
const wp = require('nodewp.com').default

const app = express()

const api = wp('Your id site or domain site')

app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
    const data = await api.getPosts()
    try{
        res.json({
            data: data.results,
            found: data.found
        })
    } catch (error) {
        res.send('error request')
        console.error(error)
    }
})

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('[APP]: the app listening in http://localhost:3000')
})

Navigator example 🔎

import wp from 'nodewp.com'

const api = wp('Your id site or domain site')

const render = async () => {
    const app = document.getElementById('app')
    const { results } = await api.getPosts()
    results.map(({title, post_thumbnail}) => {
        app.innerHTML += `
            <h2>${title}</h2>
            <img src='${post_thumbnail.URL}' />
        `
    })
}

document.addEventListener('load', () => {
  render()
})

Changes of version 1.0.3 💱

Changed all development to typescript ✅

Compatible with both commonjs and esmodules ✅

Added the query options in methods of the module ✅

Added a new website information search method ✅

Added a new website information search method ✅

Added a new method for searches and also in the method options, making it easier to create searches from api ✅

The response of the object in the methods that return arrays was changed, which will always be { results: Array, found: Number, status: Number} ✅

Changed the object response in methods that return a single object, which will always be { data: Object, status: Number } ✅

The imports of the types are in the global object of the module ✅

Methods 🧩

All the execution of the methods will be available when firing the main function of the module.

// commonjs
const main = require('nodewp.com').default

// esmodules
import main from 'nodewp.com'

const api = main('Your site url or id')

const getData = async () => {
    const { data } = await api.getSiteInfo()
    return data
}

• getPosts: Returns an array of posts. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site' })
• getPostById: Returns an object from a specific publication. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', id: 'ID post' })
• getPostBySlug: Returns an object from a specific publication. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', slug: 'Slug post' })
• getPostsByCategories: Returns array of posts from a certain category. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', category: 'The category' }) and that the post only has one category
• getCategories: Returns an array of all site categories. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site' })
• getCategoryBySlug: Returns an object from a specific category. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', slug: 'Slug category})
• getComments: Returns an array of all comments on the site. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site' })
• getCommentByIdPost: Returns an array of comments from a specific post. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', id: 'ID post' })
• getCommentById: Returns a specific comment object searched for by id. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', id: 'ID comment' })
• getTags: Return an array of tags from your site. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site' })
• getTagBySlug: Returns an object from a specific tag. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', slug: 'Slug tag' })
• [NEW] getPostBySearch: Returns an array of posts by search terms in string. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site', search: 'string terms' })
• [NEW] getSiteInfo: Returns object from data of the wordpress site. Requiere ({ site: 'Your id site or domain site' })

Properties and TypeScript 🆎

Even if you have no idea about TypeScript, see the links to see what you can access if you use JavaScript after using one of the methods

1. Types of the posts
2. Types of the comments
3. Types of the categories
4. Types of the tags
5. [NEW] Types of the site

NodeJs, TypeScript and express framework example 📦

import express, { Request, Response, Application } from 'express'
import type { Post } from 'nodewp.com'
import wp from 'nodewp.com'

const app: Application = express()

const api = wp('Your site id or url')

app.get('/', async (_req: Request, res: Response) => {
    const data: Array<Post> = await api.getPosts({site: 'Your id site or domain site'})
    try{
        res.json(data.results)
    } catch (error) {
        res.send('error request')
        console.error(error)
    }
})

app.listen(3000, () => {
    console.log('[APP]: the app listening in http://localhost:3000')
})

Navigator example (use vite as recommendation) 🔎

import wp from 'nodewp.com'
import type { Post } from 'nodewp.com'

const render = async () => {
    const app = document.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>('#app')
    const data: Array<Post> = await wp.getPosts({site: 'Your id site or domain site'})
    data.results.map(({title, post_thumbnail}) => {
        app!.innerHTML += `
            <h2>${title}</h2>
            <img src='${post_thumbnail.URL}' />
        `
    })
}

document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
  render()
})

More information to work with the wordpress.com API 🕶

• REST API Resources | Developer Resources (wordpress.com)
• Insert url in your navigator changing what goes between the {} for the url or id of your site: https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/{your site id or url}/help