WP_REST_Autosaves_Controller::create_item( WP_REST_Request $request ): WP_REST_Response|WP_Error

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Creates, updates or deletes an autosave revision.

Parameters

$requestWP_REST_Requestrequired
Full details about the request.

Return

WP_REST_Response|WP_Error Response object on success, or WP_Error object on failure.

Source

public function create_item( $request ) {	if ( ! defined( 'WP_RUN_CORE_TESTS' ) && ! defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) ) {	define( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE', true );	}	$post = $this->get_parent( $request['id'] );	if ( is_wp_error( $post ) ) {	return $post;	}	$prepared_post = $this->parent_controller->prepare_item_for_database( $request );	$prepared_post->ID = $post->ID;	$user_id = get_current_user_id();	// We need to check post lock to ensure the original author didn't leave their browser tab open.	if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_check_post_lock' ) ) {	require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/post.php';	}	$post_lock = wp_check_post_lock( $post->ID );	$is_draft = 'draft' === $post->post_status || 'auto-draft' === $post->post_status;	if ( $is_draft && (int) $post->post_author === $user_id && ! $post_lock ) {	/* * Draft posts for the same author: autosaving updates the post and does not create a revision. * Convert the post object to an array and add slashes, wp_update_post() expects escaped array. */	$autosave_id = wp_update_post( wp_slash( (array) $prepared_post ), true );	} else {	// Non-draft posts: create or update the post autosave. Pass the meta data.	$autosave_id = $this->create_post_autosave( (array) $prepared_post, (array) $request->get_param( 'meta' ) );	}	if ( is_wp_error( $autosave_id ) ) {	return $autosave_id;	}	$autosave = get_post( $autosave_id );	$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );	$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $autosave, $request );	$response = rest_ensure_response( $response );	return $response; } 

Changelog

VersionDescription
5.0.0Introduced.

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