Dynamic Variables – Query String

Adding dynamic variables into the query string is possible using the query_variables parameter that you can use in the template tag or the shortcode.

The query string is the part of a URL after the question mark – it is highlighted in bold in this example below:

https://someapiurl.com/endpoint/?api_key=1234567&user_id=456

Using Template Tag

• query_variables should be included within the array for the third argument of the template tag
• the value must be a string
• key/value pairs should follow this format key=value
• multiple key/value pairs should be separated with a comma as shown

// our made-up API key
$api_key = 'x0hj309jk2332d7fjkdjf9slsqwe';

// call the API using the wpgetapi_endpoint() template tag
$data = wpgetapi_endpoint( 'myapi', 'myendpoint', 
	array( 
	    	'debug' => true, 
	    	'query_variables' => 'api_key=' . $api_key . ',user_id=123', 
	) 
); 

// you now have the data stored within $data to use however you like
echo $data;

Using Shortcode

You can also use set query variables within the shortcode, though this will be less useful as you can’t really have a dynamic variable within a shortcode as such. But in this example below we are sending the api_key and the user_id as query variables.

[wpgetapi_endpoint api_id='myapi' endpoint_id='myendpoint' debug='true' query_variables='api_key=x0hj309jk2332d7fjkdjf9slsqwe,user_id=123']