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POST/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/new

Subscribe current user to be notified of the specified post's comments.

Resource Information

   
Method POST
URL https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/$site/posts/$post/subscribers/new
Requires authentication? Yes

Method Parameters

Parameter Type Description
$site (int|string) Site ID or domain
$post (int) 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.

Request Parameters

Parameter Type Description
receive_notifications (bool) Optional. If true notifications will be sent for new comments. To change the notification preference for an existing subscription call the /update endpoint.

Resource Errors

This endpoint does not return any errors.

Example

curl \
 -H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/posts/3/subscribers/new/'
<?php
$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
    'method' => 'POST',
    'header' => 
    array (
      0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
    ),
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
	'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/posts/3/subscribers/new/',
	false,
	$context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );
?>