[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #38343: Press This: Leverage REST API endpoints

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#38343: Press This: Leverage REST API endpoints
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 Reporter:  adamsilverstein  |      Owner:
     Type:  enhancement      |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  General          |    Version:
 Severity:  normal           |   Keywords:
  Focuses:  javascript       |
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 If the REST API content endpoints were in core, how would we rebuild core
 features (like Press This) to use it? I am opening this ticket to track
 work on converting the Press This feature to using the REST API.

 Press This is a compact JavaScript App available under tools that can be
 launched from the Dashboard, or from a browser's bookmarks/bookmark bar:

 [[Image(https://cl.ly/0u1F2Y1z2e0r/Press_This_2016-10-18_09-57-10.jpg)]]

 Press This communicates with WordPress via custom wp-ajax endpoints as
 well as by submitting form data directly to `post.php` via ajax mirroring
 what the wp post editor does. The goal here would be to switch all server
 interactions over to using the REST API:

 * Saving posts in `submitPost`, include handling to redirect the user (to
 the login page) similar to current code
 * Creating new categories in `saveNewCategory`

 I've started work on this locally and will post a POC soon!

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38343>
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