Post Types API - How to Edit Post Types Data with API Calls

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Using the API there are 5 Post Type actions that can be achieved:

1. GET - /api/v2/data_categories/get/{data_id} 
2. POST - /api/v2/data_categories/create
3. POST - /api/v2/data_categories/custom_fields
4. PUT - /api/v2/data_categories/update 
5. DELETE - /api/v2/data_categories/delete 

We will break down these actions and explain how to achieve an end results with each one. The examples shown in this article are completed using https://www.postman.com/

For all actions, add the API Key to the Headers:

1. GET - /api/v2/data_categories/get/{data_id}

Read the data of a single Post Type based on the Data ID.

• Choose GET as the method
• Replace the {{api_url}} for the website url
• Replace the {id} with the actual post type ID

Using this action is simple, add the url above but replace {id} with the actual post type ID. This will fetch the post types information from the website.

2. POST - /api/v2/data_categories/create
Add a Post Type to the database.

• Choose POST as the method
• In the Body select x-www-form-urlencoded
• Enter data

3. POST - /api/v2/data_categories/custom_fields

Get all fields available for the Post Type.

• Choose POST as the method.
• In the Body select x-www-form-urlencoded
• Then add the data_id of the Post Type

4. PUT - /api/v2/data_categories/update

Update a Post Type record and their related data from the database.

• Choose PUT as the method
• In the Body select x-www-form-urlencoded
• Then add the new data for the Post Type

5. DELETE - /api/v2/data_categories/delete

Use this action URL to delete a Post Type, replace {id} with the Post Type ID that will be removed from the website.

• Choose DELETE as the method
• Replace the {id} with the data_id that will be deleted
• In the Params add the data_id to delete