[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #39965: REST API: not possible to request collection of posts across post types

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#39965: REST API: not possible to request collection of posts across post types
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 Reporter:  iseulde      |       Owner:  jnylen0
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.9
Component:  REST API     |     Version:  4.7
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  rest-api     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by rmccue):

 I am much more in favour of a search endpoint which could search across
 different types of entities, and I think that's probably a good endpoint
 to have for both backend (link dialogue, etc) and frontend (site search,
 autocomplete, etc) usage.

 Potentially, we could add an additional context (say, `context=internal`)
 to a search endpoint to allow searching types which don't have
 `show_in_rest`, but we would want to very carefully consider how this
 works and the use cases for it. I think a better idea is simply to require
 `show_in_rest`.

 A generic `/batch` could also work, but I think a targeted search endpoint
 is a better fit, and it also avoids the problem of boiling the ocean (by
 trying to solve one use case with a very generic fix). This also fits
 nicer with things like pagination, sorting, etc.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/39965#comment:17>
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