Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This was very informative. What is the advantage of using a new database table to store the data rather than storing the returned json in a transient and then refreshing the transient every hour or so?
If you want to persist or keep a record of the data for manipulation later, having a custom table makes better decision. Transients expire after a set time.
@@TechiePress Thanks for the reply. I think I was focusing a bit too much on the example which was the best seller API which is well suited for transients because it changes often. But your example of saving to a custom database table is the important thing. It is something I am thinking of doing myself so it was really good seeing your example.
Hello dear friends - Brilliant clip - thanks. your videos are a great resource:. Would you do some vids about the new Version 6.1 That would be awesome!
Fantastic video!!! Learnt alot. Kudos to you! Is there any tutorial video of yours showing 'how to trigger the API over the button click' that I can refer to? I see from the videos, API is being triggered based on 'refreshing' the page.
In this video, you can learn about using the REST API + Ajax for Secure External API Data th-cam.com/video/mxUvSyvHrVs/w-d-xo.html. If you want to learn how to trigger buttons and Ajax responses in WordPress, I suggest this th-cam.com/video/eA8kTZV2PzE/w-d-xo.html
Hi @Techipress, I've followed the same exact steps of around 8:21, adding the plugin into wordpress and thus making a menu page. however, I don't know why when i activate the plugin it doesn't seem to trigger the code to add a menu page.
You can use either depending on where you are working. If the error needs to be seen on the front end, you need to echo it. If the result is being used in another function or location, it is best to return it.
Hi , great tutorial , thanks . I have one question : how to determine the number of returned objects? I tried to add parameters like num_results or per_page but if doesn't work .
The parameters you need to use are those the API requires. I haven’t looked at the NY api in a while. Please check the docs and see the right restrictive parameter. In the books API, num_results needs an integer. developer.nytimes.com/docs/books-product/1/types/OverviewResponse
Hi, your videos are great. A question. How could you do with wp request to send data with the POST method ... That does not require any function that involves wp_mail or contact form7, simply through a form send the data in wordpress send the data to an api ...
Good tutorial! THX. Hi, I have a question. Now I am working with a website based on WordPress, and I want to make a dropdown box on the page. There are 10 options in the dropdown box like 10 cities. When I choose the option, it will make a 'get' request and with the city name or (lat,lng) to ba a parameter then we will get the response data. We want to display the different data on the same page when we change the options. Do you think is there some good method to that ? Do we have to use jQuery or Ajax? Sry, it is quite a long question. Hope to hear your suggestions thx :)
Hey. Thanks for the question. Ajax is the best option considering you don’t want a page reload. You can still use the same Script with Ajax to show some sort of loading element while the data fetches.
Hey! Greaaat content! Kudos! I got a question. In the Wpdb insert part. The script/code that you mentioned to avoid duplicated info or rows. How can I do it?
Very well done video, I looked for something like this. I'm consuming articles from external api and save it into wp. Do you have some insights how to implement a search on the data saved?
@@TechiePress Thank you for your answer. The search feature is for the frontend. I'm building an FAQ based on the data fetched from the external API, display them on a page and offer a search feature. All that is a custom code.
I was just trying something new. But a good reason to use a custom table is If you have to store millions of entries. Having a custom table allows to you add your own indexes to the table, make searches easier and manipulation of the data. Custom potatoes might slow down your site if you have large data sets.
I see you have landed on the headless CMS playlist. It is basiscally using WordPress as an interface to load your data and deliver it as an API data provider to another user interface.
Yes. You need to use what is called a child theme. It will be based off the twenty twenty theme but you can modify it without losing your changes even with new updates done.
Your channel is a GREAT resource for budding WP devs like myself. One question here though, say if I want to extract this data from API inside a normal page.php or functions.php file without creating a new plugin for it, how can i hide these normal and secret api keys from hackers? That define ABSPATH or die line at the beginning of my wordpress functions.php (or any other php file executing the API call) is sufficient?
@@TechiePress thank you very much. dotenv would mean using headless. Im not skilled in it yet. Using that admin page trick wouldnt show the key in url?
I wrote a visual studio code extension - marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=laurencebahiirwa.classicpress-snippets. If you are interested in making one for yourself, this video I made to that effect can guide you. th-cam.com/video/RPBT01tg0DY/w-d-xo.html
Hi, great video but unfortunately am not a developer, just beginning to learn.I have a WP e-commerce site and would like to integrate a third-party mobile credit sales system where users can pay bills and top-up the mobile credits. I need help to integrate this please.
The only way I know to do this is by using a plugin like Elementor. You can not tap into the WP menus and not rework them via the nav_walker to manipulate them.
Is there a simple way to write the api inserts into the database if it is nested? foreach( $results as $result ) { $wpdb->insert( $table_name, array( //db columns api names // 'time' => current_time( 'mysql' ), 'itemType' => $result->itemType, 'title' => $result->title, [ { "data": { "key": "111111", "version": 83738, "itemType": "book", "title": "L'attivismo rimosso: aspetti dell'educazione nuova tra Ottocento e Novecento", "creators": [ { "creatorType": "author", "firstName": "Furio", "lastName": "Pesci" } ], "abstractNote": "", "series": "", "seriesNumber": "",
This is the video that i've never seen anywhere. Thank you so much for being so generous with your knowledge.
Glad it was helpful!
I second, very helpfull
Wonderful video ! thank you very much !
That's a great content, helped me a lot.
God bless you! this is what I've been looking for! Thank you!
Glad you found value here.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. This was very informative. What is the advantage of using a new database table to store the data rather than storing the returned json in a transient and then refreshing the transient every hour or so?
If you want to persist or keep a record of the data for manipulation later, having a custom table makes better decision. Transients expire after a set time.
@@TechiePress Thanks for the reply. I think I was focusing a bit too much on the example which was the best seller API which is well suited for transients because it changes often. But your example of saving to a custom database table is the important thing. It is something I am thinking of doing myself so it was really good seeing your example.
Thank you for sharing. I'd really like to see this converted to a block if you can find the time.
Hello dear friends - Brilliant clip - thanks. your videos are a great resource:. Would you do some vids about the new Version 6.1 That would be awesome!
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Can you teach wordpress drag n drop features?
This is a treasure!!
Fantastic video!!! Learnt alot. Kudos to you!
Is there any tutorial video of yours showing 'how to trigger the API over the button click' that I can refer to? I see from the videos, API is being triggered based on 'refreshing' the page.
In this video, you can learn about using the REST API + Ajax for Secure External API Data
th-cam.com/video/mxUvSyvHrVs/w-d-xo.html. If you want to learn how to trigger buttons and Ajax responses in WordPress, I suggest this th-cam.com/video/eA8kTZV2PzE/w-d-xo.html
Hi @Techipress,
I've followed the same exact steps of around 8:21, adding the plugin into wordpress and thus making a menu page. however, I don't know why when i activate the plugin it doesn't seem to trigger the code to add a menu page.
Do you have this code on a public site like pastebin or GitHub? We could be able to debug the issue
@@TechiePress I’ve managed to find the solution, thank you for your response. Much appreciated.
nice tutorial thanks
How can we save api data in post_type ?
Use this video to pick the data saving APIs in WordPress th-cam.com/video/Fdgpf-K81nA/w-d-xo.html
Around the 9 minutes mark, why did using 'echo' inside a plugin didnt give an error? I thought you can only return data inside a plugin. Why?
You can use either depending on where you are working. If the error needs to be seen on the front end, you need to echo it. If the result is being used in another function or location, it is best to return it.
@@TechiePress thank u
Hi , great tutorial , thanks . I have one question : how to determine the number of returned objects? I tried to add parameters like num_results or per_page but if doesn't work .
The parameters you need to use are those the API requires. I haven’t looked at the NY api in a while. Please check the docs and see the right restrictive parameter. In the books API, num_results needs an integer. developer.nytimes.com/docs/books-product/1/types/OverviewResponse
Hi, your videos are great. A question. How could you do with wp request to send data with the POST method ... That does not require any function that involves wp_mail or contact form7, simply through a form send the data in wordpress send the data to an api ...
I hope I have understood you well. Check this out th-cam.com/video/MAVHIC9DMrs/w-d-xo.html
Good tutorial! THX. Hi, I have a question. Now I am working with a website based on WordPress, and I want to make a dropdown box on the page. There are 10 options in the dropdown box like 10 cities. When I choose the option, it will make a 'get' request and with the city name or (lat,lng) to ba a parameter then we will get the response data. We want to display the different data on the same page when we change the options. Do you think is there some good method to that ? Do we have to use jQuery or Ajax? Sry, it is quite a long question. Hope to hear your suggestions thx :)
Hey. Thanks for the question. Ajax is the best option considering you don’t want a page reload. You can still use the same Script with Ajax to show some sort of loading element while the data fetches.
@@TechiePress Thank you, it is really helpful!
Hey! Greaaat content! Kudos!
I got a question. In the Wpdb insert part. The script/code that you mentioned to avoid duplicated info or rows. How can I do it?
Very well done video, I looked for something like this. I'm consuming articles from external api and save it into wp. Do you have some insights how to implement a search on the data saved?
WP has a fair search system in built and that can be used. But you can also use searchWP a wonderful plugin.
@@TechiePress Thank you for your answer. The search feature is for the frontend. I'm building an FAQ based on the data fetched from the external API, display them on a page and offer a search feature. All that is a custom code.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video. I was wondering, why did you save the data to a custom table instead of relying on WordPress' posts and meta data? Thanks!
I was just trying something new. But a good reason to use a custom table is If you have to store millions of entries. Having a custom table allows to you add your own indexes to the table, make searches easier and manipulation of the data.
Custom potatoes might slow down your site if you have large data sets.
@@TechiePress Thanks a lot. I got that information as well after some research. Thanks again.
sir what is wordpress headless cms what we should be prepare for wordpress headless cms
I see you have landed on the headless CMS playlist. It is basiscally using WordPress as an interface to load your data and deliver it as an API data provider to another user interface.
If I add a template to the twenty twenty theme, will it disappear when there is an update?
Yes. You need to use what is called a child theme. It will be based off the twenty twenty theme but you can modify it without losing your changes even with new updates done.
What VSCode extension do you have installed for WordPress?
I documented this here th-cam.com/video/pMPjrCtbsFM/w-d-xo.html. Let me know which ones interested you the most.
Boss quick question if data is updated every second meaning values are changing per second whats the best way to do it?
You can use a cron job to do this or something action scheduler plugin
Your channel is a GREAT resource for budding WP devs like myself. One question here though, say if I want to extract this data from API inside a normal page.php or functions.php file without creating a new plugin for it, how can i hide these normal and secret api keys from hackers?
That define ABSPATH or die line at the beginning of my wordpress functions.php (or any other php file executing the API call) is sufficient?
You would have to create an admin page and have these settings added to store in the Database. Or you can use dotenv files for this.
@@TechiePress thank you very much. dotenv would mean using headless. Im not skilled in it yet. Using that admin page trick wouldnt show the key in url?
You don’t need headless for dotenv files. Simple PHP load or composer would make it work.
@@TechiePress oh wow. Thanks ill check it asap
please make something like this again but with membership
What do you mean by membership?
@@TechiePress Gated content
Hello Sir! Been following your videos for some times now . Can you make a video on how to integrate Vtpass Api on a wordpress plugin?
Hey Abraham, I haven’t use Vtpass before. What does it do? Where can I find it?
Is it very secure to put the api url and the key in your plugin php folder?
No. It is better to make an admin page and store the logins safely in the database as an option.
which extension do you use for completing the WordPress functions in Visual Studio Code?
I wrote a visual studio code extension - marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=laurencebahiirwa.classicpress-snippets. If you are interested in making one for yourself, this video I made to that effect can guide you. th-cam.com/video/RPBT01tg0DY/w-d-xo.html
Hi, great video but unfortunately am not a developer, just beginning to learn.I have a WP e-commerce site and would like to integrate a third-party mobile credit sales system where users can pay bills and top-up the mobile credits. I need help to integrate this please.
Please email me at web @ mediauganda.com
Bro also make video on how to develop mega menus to display post thumbnail and title + contents. ? Without using wp_nav_walker
The only way I know to do this is by using a plugin like Elementor. You can not tap into the WP menus and not rework them via the nav_walker to manipulate them.
Is there a simple way to write the api inserts into the database if it is nested?
foreach( $results as $result ) {
$wpdb->insert(
$table_name,
array(
//db columns api names
// 'time' => current_time( 'mysql' ),
'itemType' => $result->itemType,
'title' => $result->title,
[
{
"data": {
"key": "111111",
"version": 83738,
"itemType": "book",
"title": "L'attivismo rimosso: aspetti dell'educazione nuova tra Ottocento e Novecento",
"creators": [
{
"creatorType": "author",
"firstName": "Furio",
"lastName": "Pesci"
}
],
"abstractNote": "",
"series": "",
"seriesNumber": "",
I figured it out, you have to just add another ->
& waiting for my one most requested video ....