[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40238: WP REST API post content often relies on inaccessible enqueued JS and CSS

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#40238: WP REST API post content often relies on inaccessible enqueued JS and CSS
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 Reporter:  mnelson4      |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |  Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |    Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal        |   Keywords:
  Focuses:                |
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 Often post content has shortcodes in it which rely on JS and CSS in order
 to be displayed properly. But when retrieving posts over the WP REST API,
 there is no way to get that JS or CSS.

 For example, let's say I create a custom shortcode that shows a countdown
 timer. In order to do that, when rendering the shortcode, my code enqueues
 JS to be outputted in the footer, and returns some HTML placeholder. When
 the JS runs in the footer, it converts that HTML placeholder into my sick
 countdown timer.

 When I retrieve the post via the WP REST API, I only get the rendered post
 content, which contains the HTML placeholder, but that's not very useful
 without the JS, and there's no way to get that JS file over the WP REST
 API, right?

 So should the WP REST API somehow expose what JS and CSS is required to
 display post content correctly? Or what is to be done with shortcodes
 which rely on JS or CSS to be displayed correctly?

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40238>
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