[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40399: Post Status Inherited not Supported with REST API

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#40399: Post Status Inherited not Supported with REST API
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 Reporter:  dfenton       |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  REST API      |     Version:  4.7.3
 Severity:  normal        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                |     Focuses:
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Old description:

> I'm trying to use the REST API to update a post_meta field on an an image
> of post_type="attachment", which is itself attached to an existing post
> of post_type="post" that is published and password protected.
>
> Since the image is an attachment that is attached to another post,
> Wordpress has set the post_status of the attachment to "inherit".
>
> When I try to update the attachment from the REST API endpoint I'm
> getting the following error:
>
> {{{
> Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression:
> {"code":"rest_invalid_param","message":"Invalid parameter(s):
> status","data":{"status":400,"params":{"status":"status is not one of
> publish, future, draft, pending, private."}}}
> }}}
>
> It's clear in the documentation that post_status="inherit" isn't
> supported by the REST API for Media endpoints but I'm not sure if this is
> a bug or merely an oversight. My feeling is that since Wordpress supports
> and sets attachments to "inherit" as a post_status, that the API should
> accept that, particularly when it's perfectly happy to deliver that
> status to me on a GET request.

New description:

 I'm trying to use the REST API to update a post_meta field on an an image
 of post_type="attachment", which is itself attached to an existing post of
 post_type="post" that is published and password protected.

 Since the image is an attachment that is attached to another post,
 WordPress has set the post_status of the attachment to "inherit".

 When I try to update the attachment from the REST API endpoint I'm getting
 the following error:

 {{{
 Uncaught Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression:
 {"code":"rest_invalid_param","message":"Invalid parameter(s):
 status","data":{"status":400,"params":{"status":"status is not one of
 publish, future, draft, pending, private."}}}
 }}}

 It's clear in the documentation that post_status="inherit" isn't supported
 by the REST API for Media endpoints but I'm not sure if this is a bug or
 merely an oversight. My feeling is that since Wordpress supports and sets
 attachments to "inherit" as a post_status, that the API should accept
 that, particularly when it's perfectly happy to deliver that status to me
 on a GET request.

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Comment (by TimothyBlynJacobs):

 You should absolutely be able to `PUT` back the response from a `GET`
 request. Perhaps we need to add a custom `validate_callback` the same way
 we did for templates in #39996.

 In the meantime, to work around this you should be able to omit the
 `status` field from your request and WordPress will ignore it.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/40399#comment:3>
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