[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #47620: REST API: Expose blocks registered on the server

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#47620: REST API: Expose blocks registered on the server
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 Reporter:  gziolo                               |       Owner:
                                                 |  spacedmonkey
     Type:  feature request                      |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal                               |   Milestone:  Future
                                                 |  Release
Component:  REST API                             |     Version:  5.0
 Severity:  normal                               |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch has-unit-tests dev-        |     Focuses:  rest-api
  feedback                                       |
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Comment (by koke):

 To clarify the mobile perspective, we are currently not loading any code
 from the server. We have doubts that the [https://developer.apple.com/app-
 store/review/guidelines/#third-party-software App Store Guidelines would
 allow us to do so]. The current approach is that we are shipping the code
 for the core blocks we support with the apps. Once we have enough to
 support plugins, the idea is to start doing the same for the most
 popular/requested plugins and ship their code alongside the apps.

 That's why we need a version to know which code matches to a specific
 block. We have already run into issues with that recently. Whenever a
 block markup changes, Gutenberg is designed to deal with backwards
 compatibility and migrate that content automatically. However, it might be
 the case that you try to open a block created with the newer markup with
 an older client, leading to "invalid content".

 This can happen both ways: people might upgrade their site before their
 apps, but also we are currently developing gutenberg-mobile against
 master, so users would get updated on mobile way before they do on their
 sites, unless they are running the plugin.

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