WP REST API - retrieving data
After going through all the basics related to WP REST API, and assessing how it will actually make it easier for us to develop applications for background pairing with WordPress' backend, we also have to overview the authentication methodology that there is and that should already be set and running to have the WP REST API plugin installed. We have also taken an in-depth look at two methods for server-side authentication, a more simple yet very insecure method of basic authentication, and a more complicated method which is, however, secure enough to be used in real-world environments-namely OAuth.
During this part of the tutorial, we shall start generating authenticated requests, given our progress so far. For testing ...
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