[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #42202: REST API: no equivalent for `who=authors` to display potential authors

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#42202: REST API: no equivalent for `who=authors` to display potential authors
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 Reporter:  iseulde                   |       Owner:  pento
     Type:  enhancement               |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:  5.0
Component:  REST API                  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                    |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests  |     Focuses:
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Changes (by danielbachhuber):

 * keywords:  needs-patch => has-patch has-unit-tests
 * owner:  joehoyle => pento


Comment:

 42202.1.diff introduces `who=authors` as a query parameter for `GET
 wp/v2/users`.


 Any WordPress user who can `edit_posts` of a post type with
 `show_in_rest=true` can query for authors. This maps to current WordPress
 behavior where a WordPress user who can view the Manage Posts view for a
 post type can see any WordPress user assigned to a post (whether published
 or draft).

 This implementation, over restricting `who=authors` to users with
 `list_users`, gives us future flexibility in displaying lists of posts. It
 still respects more restrictive permissions for `context=edit`.

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