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apply_filters( 'rest_pre_dispatch', mixed $result, WP_REST_Server $server, WP_REST_Request $request )

Since
4.4.0
Filters the pre-calculated result of a REST API dispatch request.

Description

Allow hijacking the request before dispatching by returning a non-empty. The returned value will be used to serve the request instead.

Compatibility

WordPress
since 4.4.0
  • 6.7.7
  • 6.8.8
  • 6.9.7
  • 7.0.4
  • 7.1.0

Present in every tracked release (6.7.7 to 7.1.0).

Parameters

$resultmixed
Response to replace the requested version with. Can be anything a normal endpoint can return, or null to not hijack the request.
$serverWP_REST_Server
Server instance.
$requestWP_REST_Request
Request used to generate the response.

Where this hook fires · 2

  • wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php:1084WP_REST_Server::dispatch()
  • wp-includes/rest-api/class-wp-rest-server.php:1845WP_REST_Server::serve_batch_request_v1()

Source code

		 *		 * @param mixed           $result  Response to replace the requested version with. Can be anything		 *                                 a normal endpoint can return, or null to not hijack the request.		 * @param WP_REST_Server  $server  Server instance.		 * @param WP_REST_Request $request Request used to generate the response.		 */		$result = apply_filters( 'rest_pre_dispatch', null, $this, $request ); 		if ( ! empty( $result ) ) { 			// Normalize to either WP_Error or WP_REST_Response...			$result = rest_ensure_response( $result );

Changelog

Introduced in 4.4.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.

  1. 6.7.7
  2. 6.8.8
  3. 6.9.7
  4. 7.0.4
  5. 7.1.0

Signature, return type and hooks compared across 5 parsed releases.

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