[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #61021: REST API: Add stylesheet_uri and template_uri fields to themes endpoint

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#61021: REST API: Add stylesheet_uri and template_uri fields to themes endpoint
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 Reporter:  andrewserong  |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement   |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
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 The `themes` REST API endpoint response currently does not contain the
 base urls for the installed theme (or its template if it's a child theme).
 This means that it isn't possible to use the REST API in order to
 construct relative paths to a theme's directory.

 For block editor based features, such as working with background images,
 it would be useful to be able to grab the current theme's base URL in
 order to be able to construct theme-relative urls.

 One neat way to do this is if the response when requesting a particular
 theme via the REST API endpoint also included the following:

 * `stylesheet_uri` – the URI to the current theme's directory
 * `template_uri` — the URI to the parent theme's directory (if a child
 theme)

 In this way, if someone knows a theme relative path such as `assets
 /background-texture.jpg`, within the block editor, the full URI could be
 constructed via prepending the `stylesheet_uri` from the REST API
 response.

 Note: this enhancement request is not to be confused with the existing
 `theme_uri` field. That field points to where the theme can be downloaded
 from the theme directory, for example, whereas this ticket is proposing
 exposing the installed path for the theme as it exists on the hosted site.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/61021>
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