hub-insurance/.claude/skills/wp-rest-api/references/discovery-and-params.md

Discovery and Global Parameters (summary)

API discovery

• REST API root is discovered via the Link header: rel="https://api.w.org/".
• HTML pages also include a <link rel="https://api.w.org/" href="..."> element.
• For non-pretty permalinks, use ?rest_route=/.

Global parameters

• _fields limits response fields (supports nested meta keys).
• _embed includes linked resources in _embedded.
• _method or X-HTTP-Method-Override allows POST to simulate PUT/DELETE.
• _envelope puts headers/status in the response body.
• _jsonp enables JSONP for legacy clients.

Pagination

• Collections accept page, per_page (1-100), and offset.
• Pagination headers: X-WP-Total and X-WP-TotalPages.