Resource Information
Method
GET
URL
https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/likes/mine/
Requires authentication?
Yes
Method Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
$site
(int|string)
Site ID or domain
$post_ID
(int)
The post ID
Query Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
http_envelope
(bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Some environments (like in-browser JavaScript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty
(bool)
false:
(default)
true:
Output pretty JSON
meta
(string)
Optional. Loads data from the endpoints found in the 'meta' part of the response. Comma-separated list. Example: meta=site,likes
fields
(string)
Optional. Returns specified fields only. Comma-separated list. Example: fields=ID,title
callback
(string)
An optional JSONP callback function.
Response Parameters
Parameter
Type
Description
i_like
(bool)
Does the user like this post?
like_count
(int)
The number of likes for this post.
site_ID
(int)
The site ID
post_ID
(int)
The post ID
meta
(object)
Meta data
liker
(object)
The user involved
Resource Errors
These are the possible errors returned by this endpoint.
HTTP Code
Error Identifier
Error Message
403
unauthorized
User cannot view post
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this private blog.
403
unauthorized
User cannot access this restricted blog
403
authorization_required
An active access token must be used to like a post.
404
unknown_post
Unknown post
Example
curl \
-H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/example.wordpress.com/posts/1/likes/mine/'
<?php
$options = array (
'http' =>
array (
'ignore_errors' => true,
'header' =>
array (
0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
),
),
);
$context = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/example.wordpress.com/posts/1/likes/mine/',
false,
$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>
Response
{
"i_like": false,
"like_count": 30,
"site_ID": 2916284,
"post_ID": 1,
"meta": {
"links": {
"help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/2916284\/posts\/1\/likes\/mine\/help",
"post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/2916284\/posts\/1",
"site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/2916284"
}
},
"liker": {
"ID": 78972699,
"login": "apiexamples",
"email": false,
"name": "apiexamples",
"first_name": "",
"last_name": "",
"nice_name": "apiexamples",
"URL": "http:\/\/apiexamples.wordpress.com",
"avatar_URL": "https:\/\/1.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4ccdbd3a9081ab6a59cd48ae56145f71a535e69cfa9962c0741dc1057e95c1b5?s=96&d=identicon&r=G",
"profile_URL": "https:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/apiexamples",
"ip_address": false,
"site_ID": 82974409,
"site_visible": true,
"default_avatar": true
}
}