WooCommerce REST API Development

Before writing code

Fetch live docs:

1. Fetch https://woocommerce.github.io/woocommerce-rest-api-docs/ for API reference
2. Fetch https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/ for WordPress REST API handbook
3. Web-search site:developer.woocommerce.com rest api extending for extension patterns

REST API Architecture

Foundation

WooCommerce REST API v3 extends the WordPress REST API:

• Base: /wp-json/wc/v3/
• Built on WP_REST_Controller pattern
• Supports JSON request/response
• Versioned — v3 is current; v1/v2 are legacy